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<p><b><br>Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2021 a breathtaking fantasy adventure for fans of <i>His Dark Materials </i>that <i>The Times </i>calls 'Unputdownable'.<br></b><i><br>The City was built on a sharp mountain that jutted improbably from the sea and the sea kept trying to claim it back. That grey morning once the tide had retreated a whale was found on a rooftop.</i><br><br>When a mysterious boy washes in with the tide the citizens believe he's the Enemy - the god who drowned the world - come again to cause untold chaos.<br><br>Only Ellie a fearless young inventor living in a workshop crammed with curiosities believes he's innocent.<br><br>But the Enemy can take possession of any human body and the ruthless Inquisition are determined to destroy it forever.<br><br>To save the boy Ellie must prove who he really is - even if that means revealing her own dangerous secret . . .<br><br><b>'Unputdownable' - <i>The Times</i><br><br>'Enthralling' - <i>The Daily Express</i><br><br>'Sumptuously atmospheric . . . tirelessly inventive' </b><b>-</b><b> <i>The Daily Telegraph<br></i><br>'Gripping' - <i>The Guardian<br></i><br></b><b>'Energetic and inventive' </b><b>-</b><b> <i>Sunday Times<br></i></b><b><br>'Gripping and original' - <i>The Observer</i><br></b><b><br>'Singularly brilliant' </b><b>-</b><b> Kiran Millwood Hargrave author of <i>The Girl of Ink and Stars </i>and<i> The Mercies<br></i></b><br><b>'Compellingly inventive and unpredictable' </b><b>-</b><b> Piers Torday author of <i>The Last Wild<br></i><br></b><b>'A terrific debut of strange myths and dark secrets' </b><b>- </b><b><i>The Bookseller </i>(Editor's Choice)</b></p>