The Dark Feather Calder the scarecrow colony becomes involved

the scarecrow colony becomes involved too - and Worzel Gummidge is given a job as a hatstand

obsessions

The Strangers Diaries and The Silent Companions

bejewelled birds and silver spiders

it is a magnificent debut from a striking new literary voice

The Dark Feather Calder the scarecrow colony becomes involvedIxachipan is in flames. Rebellion rages in every land and across every hill as the Empire of Songs battles to maintain control, but nowhere more fiercely than in the Singing City itself. In the great pyramid at its heart, Shadow Tayan faces the awful consequences of his actions, and their seductive possibilities. In the city streets, Xessa and Lilla lead their warriors in increasingly desperate battles, their unity riven by betrayal and deception,