Set in 17th century and 21st century London, the Enlightenment-era court of the Hapsburgs, China during the Qing Dynasty and ancient Egypt, Bright Empires is a five-volume fantasy. In The Skin Map, Kit Livingstone and his great- grandfather, Cosimo, are brought together to find a map originally tattooed on the skin of its author, a seventeenth-century explorer who had discovered the secret of access to other worlds and parallel universes. Malign forces are also after the map and, to the surprise of all, the map proves to be not the end of the quest but its beginning. A far greater prize remains, and a much more dangerous search will need to be undertaken.

The first volume of Bright Empires, a time-travelling fantasy about a quest to regain Paradise.

About the Author
Stephen Lawhead is the internationally acclaimed author of many outstanding fantasy and science fiction novels, including The Song of Albion trilogy, the Pendragon series and Bright Empires. Stephen lives in Oxford with his wife Alice. They have two grown up sons.


Book Information
ISBN 9781782640134
Author Stephen R Lawhead
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Lion Fiction
Publisher SPCK Publishing
Weight(grams) 233g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 22mm