The Blood Debt
By (Author) Sean Williams
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Voyager
23rd February 2005
Australia
General
Fiction
A823.3
Paperback
592
Width 110mm, Height 180mm, Spine 30mm
483g
Sal and Shilly live a quiet life in the coastal village of Fundelry. Years ago they were hunted by the powerful Sky Wardens, with whom they had a tempestuous and ultimately dead-end relationship. But life has been good. Now an old friend who is a Sky Warden, tom, comes looking for them. Sal's father, Highson Sparre, has called up a creature from the Void Beneath. Highson is missing, presumed dead, and the Wraith is loose in the world. the Wraith has the ability to deaden the Change (the magic potential) around it, leaving the world it passes through neutral; no positive or negative potential is there, although gradually normality returns. If Sal and Shilly help to track the Wraith and find Highson Sparre, they will be given amnesty prosecutions can be brought to bear from past transgressions. Old friends and old enemies are not always well met, but Sal and Shilly will have to come to terms with the world around them all over again. they will have to deal with many things to discover the truth about the Void Beneath, and about the mysterious Divide...
New York Times bestselling author Sean Williams has written over twenty novels and numerous short stories for adults and younger readers. He is a multiple recipient of both the Ditmar and Aurealis Awards. Sean lives in Adelaide and DJs in his spare time.