Michelle Paver's superb Bronze Age epic reaches its dramatic, spine-tingling conclusion.

Hylas and Pirra return to Akea for their final confrontation with their arch-enemies, the Crows. They must recover the dagger of Koronos if they are to end the warriors' brutal rule. Only if old and new friends join forces can they hope to triumph - but the price of victory may be higher than either Hylas or Pirra has dreamed . . .

Michelle Paver's superb Bronze Age epic reaches its dramatic, spine-tingling conclusion.

About the Author
Michelle Paver was born in Malawi in 1960 and moved to England when she was three. After gaining a degree in biochemistry from Oxford, she became a partner in a City law firm, but gave that up to write full-time. To research her stories about animals and the distant past, she has travelled in the Arctic, the Mediterranean and Egypt, swum with dolphins and killer whales, and encountered bears, boars and wolves. She is the author of the internationally bestselling Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, the final book of which won the 2010 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.

Reviews
Electrifying * Independent on Sunday *
The reader is instantly plunged into danger and excitement * The Times *



Book Information
ISBN 9780141339351
Author Michelle Paver
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Puffin
Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Weight(grams) 213g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 18mm