Christopher Forrester’s heart leaps with joy the moment a miniature dragon wakes him by chewing on his face – after months of dreaming about returning to the Archipelago, the secret islands where every creature of myth still roams, he’s finally back. What he didn’t expect was a rescue mission on the back of a sphinx, a plot to break into a dragon’s lair, or a girl travelling with a flock of birds, a newly hatched chick in her pocket, and a ravenous hunger for justice. The Poisoned King is the dazzling second instalment in Katherine Rundell’s epic, bestselling Impossible Creatures series – the dragons are calling, the ratatoskas whisper of murder, and it’s time to return to the magic of the Archipelago, because there is justice still to be done. This unmissable sequel follows an original novel crowned WINNER of the Waterstones Book of the Year, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year, the Foyles Children’s Book of the Year and the Books Are My Bag Readers Award. As Michael Morpurgo put it, ‘There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell.’ Impossible Creatures also drew praise from across the board: ‘A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight’ – Cressida Cowell on Impossible Creatures; ‘Readers will seize this with delight’ – Philip Pullman on Impossible Creatures; ‘A masterpiece to rival Tolkien’ – Daily Telegraph on Impossible Creatures; ‘Every sentence sparkles … Magnificent’ – The Times on Impossible Creatures.
ISBN 13: 9781408897447
Author: Katherine Rundell
