*This paperback edition features a gorgeous new cover design!* Discover the Sunday Times
bestselling fantasy from Stephanie Garber about two sisters swept up in a mysterious
competition filled with magic heartbreak and danger. WELCOME TO CARAVAL WHERE NOTHING IS
QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS . . . Scarlett has never left the tiny isle of Trisda pining from afar
for the wonder of Caraval a once-a-year week-long performance where the audience participates
in the show. Caraval is Magic. Mystery. Adventure. And for Scarlett and her beloved sister
Tella it represents freedom and an escape from their ruthless abusive father. When the
sisters' long-awaited invitations to Caraval finally arrive it seems their dreams have come
true. But no sooner have they arrived than Tella vanishes kidnapped by the show's mastermind
organiser Legend. Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only
an elaborate performance. But nonetheless she quickly becomes enmeshed in a dangerous game of
love magic and heartbreak. And real or not she must find Tella before the game is over and
her sister disappears forever. *Pre-order Alchemy of Secrets the spectacular new novel from
global phenomenon Stephanie Garber. Publishing 7th October 2025* **** Readers are
mesmerised by Caraval . . . 'Truly an experience one I will want to read again and again'
'I'm completely and utterly obsessed. THIS is going to be my whole personality now' 'An
absolute magical and visual delight'
