City of Secrets: Volume 2
By (Author) Liz Flanagan
Illustrated by Joe Todd Stanton
Simon & Schuster Australia
Simon & Schuster Australia
30th September 2025
Australia
Fiction
Hardback
176
Width 3277mm, Height 5029mm
Rowan loves living in the Dark Forest with her grandfather, where she's learning to be a wildsmith a person who can heal and speak to animals. But she worries about her father, who remains in the city while the war with the Estrians rages on.
So when her father arrives in the Dark Forest, Rowan is delighted. But he has only come to deliver an orphaned pegasus who is being hunted by the Estrians.
Soon, danger comes closer than ever, threatening Rowan and her family. Who can Rowan trust And with her family divided and the war ongoing, where does Rowan belong now
Liz Flanagan is an award-winning author who writes for children and young adults. Her books include Dragon Daughter, Rise of the Shadow Dragons, and Eden Summer (nominated for the Carnegie Medal). She lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK.
Joe Todd-Stanton grew up in Brighton, UK, and received a first-class degree in Illustration from UWE Bristol. He is the author and illustrator of The Secret of Black Rock, which won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018 (illustrated category) and was long-listed for the 2018 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.