Book description
When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in
London all that life can afford - Samuel Johnson In fact, Dr Johnson was
only half right. There is in London much more than life - there is
power. It ebbs and flows with the rhythms of the city, makes runes from
the alignments of ancient streets and hums with the rattle of trains and
buses; it waxes and wanes with the patterns of the business day. It is a
new kind of magic: urban magic. Enter a London where magicians ride the
Last Train, implore favours of The Beggar King and interpret the insane
wisdom of The Bag Lady. Enter a London where beings of power soar with
the pigeons and scrabble with the rats, and seek insight in the
half-whispered madness of the blue electric angels. Enter the London of
Matthew Swift, where rival sorcerers, hidden in plain sight, do battle
for the very soul of the city . . . Kate Griffin is the name under
which Carnegie Medal-nominated author, Catherine Webb, writes fantasy
novels for adults. An acclaimed author of young adult books under her
own name, Catherine's amazing debut, Mirror Dreams, was written when she
was only 14 years old, and garnered comparisons with Terry Pratchett and
Philip Pullman.
