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Bloomsbury presents The Lost Girl King by Catherine Doyle read by Patrick Moy

The Lost Girl King echoes Lord of the Rings and Narnia whilst being original and fresh Its sure to become a classic of its own Aisha Bushby author of A Pocketful of Stars

A glorious gulp of a summer adventure Piers Torday author of The Lost Wild

Nobody writes peril wit and wonder as well as Catherine Doyle a modern Diana Wynne Jones Dave Rudden author of Irish Childrens Book of the Year Knights of the Borrowed Dark

From the author of the bestselling Storm Keeper trilogy comes a new spellbinding adventure

Amy and Liam Bell have been packed off to stay at Grans house in the wilds of Connemara for the summer Out for a walk on the first morning of their holiday they trace the flight of a hawk to a nearby waterfall only to watch the bird disappear through it Intrigued the children follow and soon realise theyve discovered the entrance to Tr na ng the legendary land of eternal youth

But theyve been tricked Almost immediately Liam is captured by a troop of headless horsemen who take him to Tarlock the ruling sorcerer of Tr na ng who is seeking the bones of a human child for a sinister new spell

Packed with edgeofyour seat adventure incredible imagination humour and warmth The Lost Girl King is the rare kind of story that has you reading long past lights out