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A breathtaking new fantasy world from the award-winning author of The Last Wild. In an empire of vampirs and werwolves, Tibor and Roza are hunting a treasure more valuable than gold … For readers who loved Katherine Rundell’s Impossible Creatures or S.F. Said’s Tyger.

Tibor is a werwolf, adopted by his guardian, a powerful vampir. He and his friend Roza are on the deadliest of quests, and one that will test their very immortality. And they’re not the only ones hunting for the Midnight Treasure. Battling with bears, wrestling with vampirs and racing against the clock, Tibor and Roza must decide who to trust. And whether they will dare reveal the secrets … of the Midnight Treasure.

From the award-winning Piers Torday comes this spectacular, irresistible treasure hunt: there will be clues, spells, imprisonments and escapes, fights, betrayals … but above all there will be courage and hope.

Our Review Panel says...

This is a tour-de-force of fantasy stories, combining mythical beings such as werewolves, vampires, dragons, talking books and magicians, alongside fearsome warriors and long-buried secrets.

Hundreds of years ago, the Seven Sovereigns – the final mortal rulers of the world – were defeated by the evil White Prince and his vampir legions. With them, the secret of the Midnight Treasure, the source of all mortal magical power, died too; so named because it can only be found just before midnight on Spectre Night. Immortals and mortals now live uneasily alongside each other with the latter often in service to the former. Many mortals have developed small powers that they use to make lives easier but still live in fear.

Our hero, Tibor, and his best friend Rosa live with Tibor’s vampire guardian, the Baron. Tibor, aged 13, is to become a full-grown werwolf on Spectre Night and is desperate to know his family history. Then the arrival of a wizard brings news that Tibor must leave his fairly comfortable existence and use the magical Sleeping Knight – an object endowed with the power to uncover truth and dreams – to hunt down the Midnight Treasure for White Prince.

On his quest, Tibor joins forces with the Feathers – the fiercest mortal warriors in the country. They must contend with fearsome creatures, including vampires that can transform into inanimate objects and those they thought were allies, but truly have their own selfish agendas.

There are themes of courage, resilience, friendship, loyalty and hope. The plot twists come thick and fast and it’s quite a complex story. The writing is atmospheric and covers a wide range of event and many different characters.

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