In
this exciting sequel to Magyk you are sitting on the edge of your chair
wondering what is going to happen. The story that is begun in Magyk is
not brought to a close but takes another exciting turn when the eldest of the
Heap brothers kidnaps the princess. Septimus
tries to get to her but Simon Heap is always one step in front of him. He takes
the princess to a cave and tried to keep her in a cell but the same night she
escapes stealing his horse. She wants to get to the port and with the help of a
rat called Stanley she does. Septimus and Nicko are trying their best to find
her and get a tracker to help but they end up lost in a forest and chased by
wolverines. Marcie Overstrand is trying to build a shadowsafe without much luck
from the parts made for her by a professor. Will Septimus save the princess?
Will he end up eaten by wolfs, or will he and the princess end up dead?
The same characters but almost a different story completely this book leaves you
wondering what happens next and who will end up at the top of the wizard tower?