The Poisoned King 9781408897478 Paperback

The unmissable new story in the No.1Sunday Timesbestselling Impossible Creatures series, for fans of Philip Pullman, Percy Jackson and Skandar.When Christopher Forrester is unexpectedly woken by a miniature dragon chewing on his face, his heart leaps for joy. For months hes dreamed of returning to the Archipelago the secret islands where all the creatures of myth still live. But he did not know it would involve a rescue mission on the back of a sphinx, or a plan to enter a dragons lair. Nor did he imagine it would involve a girl with a flock of birds at her side, a new-hatched chick in her pocket and a ravenous hunger for justice…Awards and praise forImpossible CreaturesWINNER Waterstones Book of the YearWINNER British Book Awards Children’s Book of the YearWINNER Foyles Children’s Book of the YearWINNER Books Are My Bag Readers Award’A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight’ Cressida Cowell’I love Katherine Rundell and everythings she writes. I defy anyone not to lose their heart to her stories’ Maggie O’Farrell’Readers will seize this with delight’ Philip Pullman’A masterpiece to rival Tolkien’Daily Telegraph’There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell’ Michael Morpurgo’Every sentence sparkles … Magnificent’ The TimesImpossible CreaturesSunday Times bestseller, December 2023