At the stroke of midnight, a miracle must happen at the North Pole ... Nickolai has made his home in the Elfin Kingdom, safe at last from the wicked Magda. Now he must keep his Winter Solstice promise: to bring gifts to all the world's children in one night. It seems an impossible mission. Forced into the dark and forbidden NetherWorld, in the Cave of the Crystal Chronicle, Nickolai must confront his deepest fears ...

Author Biography

Lucy started writing as soon as she could hold a pen and has never stopped. She wrote her first play at eight: a nativity play told from the point of view of the donkey, which was performed for many years at her nursery school. After university she worked in advertising, journalism and TV. She had the idea for Nickolai of the North whilst talking to her daughter about who filled Santa`s stocking when he was little. She wrote much of the book in midsummer, sitting in her garden, conjuring up the snow and ice of winter.