<p><b><br />Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2021, a breathtaking fantasy adventure for fans of <i>His Dark Materials </i>that <i>The Times </i>calls &apos;Unputdownable&apos;.<br /></b><i><br />The City was built on a sharp mountain that jutted improbably from the sea, and the sea kept trying to claim it back. That grey morning, once the tide had retreated, a whale was found on a rooftop.</i><br /><br />When a mysterious boy washes in with the tide, the citizens believe he&apos;s the Enemy - the god who drowned the world - come again to cause untold chaos.<br /><br />Only Ellie, a fearless young inventor living in a workshop crammed with curiosities, believes he&apos;s innocent.<br /><br />But the Enemy can take possession of any human body and the ruthless Inquisition are determined to destroy it forever.<br /><br />To save the boy, Ellie must prove who he really is - even if that means revealing her own dangerous secret . . .<br /><br /><b>&apos;Unputdownable&apos; - <i>The Times</i><br /><br />&apos;Enthralling&apos; - <i>The Daily Express</i><br /><br />&apos;Sumptuously atmospheric . . . tirelessly inventive&apos; </b><b>-</b><b> <i>The Daily Telegraph<br /></i><br />&apos;Gripping&apos; - <i>The Guardian<br /></i><br /></b><b>&apos;Energetic and inventive&apos; </b><b>-</b><b> <i>Sunday Times<br /></i></b><b><br />&apos;Gripping and original&apos; - <i>The Observer</i><br /></b><b><br />&apos;Singularly brilliant&apos; </b><b>-</b><b> Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of <i>The Girl of Ink and Stars </i>and<i> The Mercies<br /></i></b><br /><b>&apos;Compellingly inventive and unpredictable&apos; </b><b>-</b><b> Piers Torday, author of <i>The Last Wild<br /></i><br /></b><b>&apos;A terrific debut of strange myths and dark secrets&apos; </b><b>- </b><b><i>The Bookseller </i>(Editor&apos;s Choice)</b></p>