The Sound of ButterfliesIt is 1903. Thomas Edgar, a passionate collector of butterflies, is offered the chance of a lifetime: to travel to the Amazon as part of a scientific expedition. Hoping to find the mythical butterfly that will make his name and immortalise that of his wife, Sophie for if he finds it, he will call it the Papilo Sophia he eagerly accepts the invitation, and embarks on a journey that will take him to a whole new world. On his return, Sophie greets her

Full of anger (and magic)

awash in atmosphere

To this end

Suleiman turns to his mother

together with specially printed three-colour pull out maps of Lyra's Oxford

Washington

But there's more to fear than ardent Revolutionaries

Some of these people are very powerful indeed

In this staggeringly brilliant novel

Momentous times call for momentous acts: as the Napoleonic Wars escalate

Seven-year-old Henry Day is kidnapped by fairy changelings living in the dark forest near his home - ageless beings whose secret community is threatened by encroaching modern life

breathtakingly ambitious and accomplished debut novel by a young writer of astonishing gifts