There is often trouble of a mythical sort in Bath. The booksellers who police the Old World
keep a careful watch there particularly on the entity who inhabits the ancient hot spring. Yet
this time it is not from Sulis Minerva that trouble starts. It comes from the discovery of a
sorcerous map leading left-handed bookseller Merlin into great danger. A desperate rescue is
attempted by his sister the right-handed bookseller Vivien and their friend art student Susan
Arkshaw who is still struggling to deal with her own recently discovered magical heritage.
The map takes the trio to a place separated from the world maintained by deadly sorcery
performed by an Ancient Sovereign and guarded by monstrous living statues of Portland Stone.
But this is only the beginning as the booksellers investigate centuries of disappearances and
deaths and try to unravel the secrets of the murderous Lady of Stone a serial killer of
awesome powers. If they do not stop her she will soon kill again. And this time her target
is not an ordinary mortal. A wintry return to the slightly alternate 1980s England of The
Left-Handed Booksellers of London. Praise for Garth Nix Garth Nix is one of the best
world-builders in fantasy. (BRANDON SANDERSON)
