The obsidian mirror
By: by Catherine Fisher
Series: Chronoptika -- bk. 1; Chronoptika -- bk. 1.
Publisher: Hodder Children's
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9780340970089; 9781444913347
Subjects: Paranormal fiction; Juvenile fiction; Magic; Time travel; Missing persons
Description: Jake's father disappears while working on mysterious experiments with the obsessive, reclusive Oberon Venn. Jake is convinced Venn has murdered him. The experiments concerned a black mirror, which is a portal to both the past and the future and Venn is not alone in wanting to use its powers.
Notes: The first book of the Chronoptika.