''I have me a prophet boy, an oracle beyond oracles... The secrets of the universe are lodged between his cabbage ears...''

London is living through dark times and Magnus Malachi, a magician, is closely guarding his latest moneyspinner -- Tersias, a blind boy who can see into the future. But as Tersais's powers becomes known, others who seek to use them are drawn from the shadows: Jonah, a teenage highwayman, and his companion in crime Tara; Solomon, a crazed zealot who has bred a new species of giant flesh-eating locusts; and Lord Malpas, a keeper of mysterious powers.

They all seek Tersias -- but is he a force for good or evil? And can he ever rid himself of the dark spirit that torments his soul?

A gripping adventure of night chases, double-crossings and weird magic from the author of Shadowmancer and Wormwood.

Format: Paperback
Year published: 2007
Pages: 320
Sub-genre: Children's fantasy; historical fiction
Imprint: Faber and Faber Limited