Book description
Lizzy Baxter's life is turned upside down when she moves to Cornwall
and discovers that she has a long-lost brother and that their mother
is a mermaid. Lizzy soon learns that the tranquil underwater world is
ruled by an evil mermaid queen, Taran, who will stop at nothing to
complete her power. After a terrifying battle, Taran is one step
nearer to her goal. But then she disappears. Lizzy is suspicious. She
knows Taran needs the black pearl - the key to ultimate power - but
how is she planning to get it?
A thrilling final episode by Louise Cooper, the renowned fantasy writer.
Louise Cooper was born in Hertfordshire in 1952. She spent most of
her school years writing stories when she should have been concentrating
on lessons, and her first fantasy novel,
The Book of Paradox
, was published in 1973 when she was just twenty years old. Since then
she has published more than sixty books for adults and children. Louise
now lives in Cornwall with her husband, Cas Sandall. When she isn't
writing she enjoys singing, playing various instruments, cooking,
gardening and is treasurer of her local Royal National Lifeboat
Institution.
