The Lost Girl King echoes Lord of the Rings and Narnia, whilst being original and fresh. It´s sure to become a classic of its own´ - Aisha Bushby, author of A Pocketful of Stars A glorious gulp of a summer adventure´ - Piers Torday, author of The Lost Wild Nobody writes peril, wit and wonder as well as Catherine Doyle ... a modern Diana Wynne Jones´ - Dave Rudden, author of Irish Children´s Book of the Year, Knights of the Borrowed Dark**********From the author of the bestselling Storm Keeper trilogy comes a new, spellbinding adventure...Amy and Liam Bell have been packed off to stay at Gran's house in the wilds of Connemara for the summer. Out for a walk on the first morning of their holiday, they trace the flight of a hawk to a nearby waterfall - only to watch the bird disappear through it. Intrigued, the children follow and soon realise they've discovered the entrance to Tír na nÓg, the legendary land of eternal youth.But they´ve been tricked. Almost immediately Liam is captured by a troop of headless horsemen who take him to Tarlock, the ruling sorcerer of Tír na nÓg, who is seeking the bones of a human child for a sinister new spell.Packed with edge-of-your seat adventure, incredible imagination, humour and warmth, The Lost Girl King is the rare kind of story that has you reading long past lights out.
