The Island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. The humans live on one side of the island
and the alkonosts - the bird-people - live on the other. But it wasn't always this way...
Linnet wishes she could sing storms like her father Nightingale - and bring the two sides of
her island together again. For her land has been divided by a terrible tragedy and Linnet has
been banished with her father to the deepest swamps leaving behind her best friends Hero and
Silver. So when her father is captured Linnet must be brave and embark on a treacherous
journey. Through alligator pools and sinking sands she finds new friends. Yet without her
singing magic Linnet discovers something even more powerful. Something that could save her
father and heal the broken heart of her island once more... From the bestselling Sophie
Anderson comes an epic new adventure about love and kindness and discovering what we have in
common
