Book description
When Emily, Simon and Marcus discover the deserted castle, it seems
like an escape from the midwinter snows and their individual loneliness.
But their occupation of the ruin quickly takes on a momentum of its own,
and soon threatens their friendship, their freedom and their lives.
Jonathan is the author of the bestselling Bartimaeus sequence, as well
as standalone novels HEROES OF THE VALLEY, BURIED FIRE, THE LEAP and THE
LAST SIEGE. Jonathan worked as a children's book editor before becoming
a full-time writer. He lives in St Albans with his wife and young
children.
