Physik (Septimus Heap)When Silas Heap unseals a forgotten room in the Palace, he releases the ghost of a Queen who lived five hundred years earlier. Queen Etheldredda is as awful in death as she was in life, and she's still up to no good. Her diabolical plan to give herself ever lasting life requires Jenna's compliance, Septimus disappearance, and the talents of her son, Marcellus Pye, a famous Alchemist and Physician. And if Queen Etheldredda's plot involves Jenna and

and leaving just one tantalising clue

the boys father

For years he has defended his business interests from cut-throat competitors

Quickly dragged down to the deep South

this deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today

Market day

has told Rose virtually nothing about her father

handsome nobleman

William Coppin

Alternating between Hailey and Sam

blackmail and dangerous liaisons

a fatwa signals a different ideological faultline and a refugee seeks safety in Wychwood