On a mission to recover his father lost in time, Jake finds himself in 1940s London. From the rubble of the Blitzed city, a clue leads him to an eccentric seer of ghosts, three sinister children and three strange prophesies. Two of them soon come to pass, but what is the Box of Red Brocade? Does it hold the secret of destroying the Obsidian Mirror? A talking bird, an invisible girl, a walking wood; the second volume of Catherine Fisher's Chronoptika series is packed with mystery, magic and sinister intrigue.
'A new novel by Catherine Fisher, poet and prize-winning novelist is always worth looking out for. The Obsidian Mirror is both thriller and SF, and, being written in Fisher's acid-etched prose, equally satisfying to fans of many genres. 'Amanda Craig, THE TIMES Children's Book of the Week.
Author Biography
Catherine Fisher is an award-winning fantasy writer and author of the New York Times bestseller INCARCERON. THE ORACLE was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award 2003, THE CONJUROR'S GAME for the Smarties Award, THE SNOW-WALKER'S SON for the WH Smith Mind Boggling Award, THE CANDLE MAN won the Tir-Na-n'Og Award, and CORBENIC was shortlisted. Author of many books for children and two volumes of award-winning poetry, she is particularly well-known in Wales and has been named as the first Welsh Young People's Laureate.
