Stray Souls
By (Author) Kate Griffin
Little, Brown Book Group
Orbit
30th October 2012
United Kingdom
Paperback
464
Width 128mm, Height 198mm, Spine 32mm
360g
'Don't look back. It wants you to look back.'
London's soul has gone missing. Lost Kidnapped Murdered Nobody knows - but when Sharon Li unexpectedly discovers she's a shaman, she is immediately called upon to use her newfound powers of oneness with the City to rescue it from a slow but inevitable demise.The problem is, while everyone expects Sharon to have all the answers - from the Midnight Mayor to Sharon's magically-challenged self-help group - she doesn't have a clue where to start.But with London's soul missing and the Gate open, there are creatures loose that won't wait for her to catch up before they go hunting.STRAY SOULS is the first novel in the Magicals Anonymous series, set in the same fantastical London as the Matthew Swift novels.Griffin's writing is as fluent and enjoyable as always, with a hint of humour that verges on Pratchett-esque - SFX
Kate Griffin flawlessly balances horror and humour to . . . pull off a funny yet frightening read about the supernatural-induced demise of London . . . both unique and addictive - SCIFI NOWKate Griffin is the name under which Carnegie Medal-nominated author, Catherine Webb, writes fantasy novels for adults. An acclaimed author of young adult books under her own name, Catherine's amazing debut, Mirror Dreams, was written when she was only fourteen years old and garnered comparisons with Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman.