Shadow Spell - Softcover

Simeon Dark is the most powerful sorcerer in the land of the Drift. Mysterious, cunning, a shape-shifter, only he can stop the evil Strood and save the Drift from dying. But where is he?
Nin finds her way to Dark's mansion - a strange castle with a garden and lake spilling into the sky. There she finds a ribbon of shadowy light: could this be the unsaid spell and the clue to unlocking the mystery of Simeon Dark?
Meanwhile, Strood is preparing his distillation machine, his pet tigers and some barrels of blood and is coming after her. . .
Caro King has created a funny, rich, thrilling adventure, interwoven with fantastical creatures, myth and magic.

Mysterious, cunning and powerful, Simeon Dark is the only sorcerer who can stop the evil Mr Strood and save the dying land of the Drift. But where is he? Nin is determined to find him. But with a shifting mansion, devilish bogeymen and the roaming spirits of sorcerers good and evil in her path, her quest will test her more than she could ever have imagined. Meanwhile, Strood is preparing his distillation machine, his pet tigers and some barrels of blood, and is coming after her... Comic, frightening, with gripping twists and turns, King has created a delicious and addictive fantasy world in the sequel to Seven Sorcerers.