Publisher Description
Can you hear the distant howling of hounds and the thunder of ghostly hooves? It's All Souls' Eve and Zamiel the Demon Huntsman has come to claim his prey! He's headed straight for Castle Karlstein, where the evil count has hatched an evil plan; he'll sacrifice his two young nieces to save himself. Can Lucy and Charlotte outwit their uncle and his oily henchmen to escape their dreadful fate? From the award-winning author of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife comes a spooky, funny thriller just right for those middle-grade readers looking for horror--and humor. Artwork illustrations © Peter Bailey, 2018 Cover and text design @ Puffin Published by arrangement with Random House Children’s Publishers UK, a division of The Random House Group Limited.
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About Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman is the Whitbread Award–winning author of the bestselling His Dark Materials series—The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass—as well as the Sally Lockhart trio of Victorian mysteries and other books for young readers. Among his other awards, he has won the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in honor of the body of his work.
About Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss is one of the League of Gentlemen from the multiaward-winning
television show, and the author of the hit novels The Vesuvius Club and its sequel, The Devil in Amber. He has also written acclaimed radio and
television scripts, including episodes of Doctor
Who and Poirot. He has a thick
comma of hair that will never stay in place and a rather cruel mouth.