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Mark of the Plague (A Blackthorn Key adventure)
By (Author) Kevin Sands
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
18th April 2017
5th January 2017
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
813.6
Paperback
448
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 27mm
310g
The sequel to the acclaimed historical adventure The Blackthorn Key - Percy Jackson meets Dan Brown in 17th-century London. BOILS, BLOOD AND A BURNING FEVER - THE BLACK DEATH HAS RETURNED TO LONDON . . . As the dreaded sickness spreads through the city, striking down rich and poor alike, an unknown man arrives with a miracle cure. But when an assassin threatens the life of the city's new saviour, young apothecary Christopher Rowe and his faithful friend Tom must risk their lives to untangle another dark conspiracy. And when the plague strikes close to home, the stakes are raised higher than ever before . . . The breathtaking sequel to The Blackthorn Key - shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
Since escaping from university with a pair of degrees in theoretical physics, Kevin Sands has worked as a researcher, a business consultant and a teacher. He lives in Toronto, Canada.