Book description
Evil has returned to Rawne Barton - this time in the form of a
malevolent chemistry teacher, Yoland, whose aim is to gain power by
stealing souls. Pip and Tim, newly started at secondary school, manage
to get Sebastian, the alchemist's son, into their class so that he can
uncover Yoland's evil plans. But Yoland has help - not only in the form
of a stunted familiar who is also pretending to be a schoolboy, but from
a mysterious supply teacher - who turns out to be Malodor, the evil
alchemist from Doctor Illuminatus. A truly nail-biting climax takes
place at a nuclear power station, where Yoland seeks to harness immense
power to his ultimate spell. Martin Booth spent his childhood in Hong
Kong and Kenya. He is well-known as an adult novelist, and has been
shortlisted twice for the Booker award. He has two grown-up children and
lives in Devon.
