The Stone Light: 2 (The Dark Reflections Trilogy)

When fourteen-year-old Merle ventures to Hell to seek help in freeing Venice from the Egyptian army, dangerous encounters and surprising events unfold as a scheme to assassinate the pharaoh by the sphinx, Lalapeya, is revealed to him and his friend, the Flowing Queen, Vermithrax. Reprint.

Kai Meyer is the author of many highly acclaimed and popular books for adults and young adults in his native Germany. Pirate Curse, the first book in the Wave Walkers trilogy, was praised by Booklist as "a fast-paced fantasy featuring plenty of action and suspense." The Water Mirror, the first book in the Dark Reflections Trilogy, was named a School Library Journal Best Book, a Locus Magazine Recommended Read, a Book Sense Children's Pick, and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. It received starred reviews in both School Library Journal and Publishers Weekly. School Library Journal has called Meyer "an expert at creating fantastical worlds filled with unusual and exotic elements." For more information please visit his website at www.kaimeyer.com.