Kai Meyer’s eagerly awaited second in his magical trilogy which began with The Flowing Queen is a terrific adventure and unlike some trilogies, this second one is even better than the first.
Fans of C S Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials trilogy and J K Rowling’s Harry Potter will devour this in a sitting.
Merle, the Flowing Queen and Vermithrax the stone lion are flying to ask Lord Light for help to save Venice. As they soar over the ravaged landscape, they see Egyptians raising the dead to add to their mummy armies. They plunge into the depths of Hell, only to discover that Lord Light is not who he seems, and that Junipa has had a terrible operation performed on her. But perhaps the unknown power of the Stone Light - radiating intensity from the centre of Hell - can help them escape? They can only hope so as they flee the enraged inhabitants of Hell...Meanwhile, in a Venice overrun with mummies, Serafin the Master Thief has to turn Master Assassin. His target - the Pharoah himself. With a powerful sphinx and a mermaid on his side, can this daring plot possibly succeed?
In his native Germany, Kai Meyer has sold half a million copies of his hit trilogy DARK REFLECTIONS. The books have been translated into 20 languages including Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Chinese.
Kai Meyer was born in 1969 in northern Germany. Kai wrote his first novel in his early 20s, and it was published when he was just 24 years old. He has been a full-time novelist since 1995. To date, Kai has written 45 books – some for adults, some for teenagers. Kai’s books are mostly historical with strong fantastical overtones.
Kai has also written screenplays, two of which have been made into TV movies. Kai lives in Westphalia near the Rhine in Germany.
