Lady Carolina Sanchez has spent her entire life believing she is the “Sanchez family disgrace,” a notion constantly reinforced by her elder sister, Flora. In public, Flora is a model of kindness and gentility, always coming to her baby sister’s defense...but behind closed doors, she heaps abuse on Carolina, leveraging Carolina’s perceived shortcomings to suit her own ends. When Carolina is sent to the neighboring Malcosian Empire for a political marriage to Prince Edward Ruby Martinez, she...

A soirée gone horribly wrong. At the behest of a sinister alliance between the disdainful noble Lady Monica Arendt and Archbishop Mills, Carolina is abducted before the eyes of the man she loves—bound, silenced, and dragged toward unknown lands. She awakens mid-journey to find herself among a group of children: orphans from Celestia, all told they are on their way to new families. The truth is far darker: they are being trafficked and sold into slavery. With time running out, Edward and Te...

Divinity. To Carolina, it is her chance to finally matter, but to others, it’s a means to seize power. Archbishop Mills, the corrupt leader of the Celestian Church, devises a plot to abduct Carolina and harness her gift for his own sinister ends. His goal is to become the next high pontiff and claim absolute dominion over the land. A swift warning from Carolina’s father, Duke Sanchez of Celestia, alerts the imperial family—and in a bid to protect her, they propose a bold plan: introduce a ...

In the grand empire of Malcosias, Lady Carolina Sanchez has found herself living a life far from what she imagined. Her new husband is unexpectedly tender, her in-laws surprisingly warm, and her enemies...closer than she ever anticipated. With the Founder’s Day Fete—a glittering event where she and Edward will proclaim their marriage—fast approaching, Carolina must navigate palace politics, masked threats, and an assassination attempt that has left her shaken. Her only shield is her impuls...

The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year Award.When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain.Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature...

Lady Carolina, the overlooked daughter of a powerful duke, has always believed herself to be the black sheep amid her illustrious kin. Her father is the distinguished prime minister; her elder sister, a prodigious mage destined to become their nation’s next Saint. In comparison, Carolina resigns herself to a quiet existence in their shadows until a sudden and unexpected royal decree alters her destiny, thrusting her into a political marriage with the formidable “Bloodthirsty Prince” of the...

Following an eventful honeymoon, Carolina returns to the capital with Teodore and Edward. Her aim now is clear: restore Prince Gilbert’s health and resolve the brewing Malcosian succession crisis. As a newly revealed bearer of Divinity, only Carolina can cure the ailing prince and restore balance to a fractured empire. But to protect her, that gift must remain secret—and secrecy within the court breeds suspicion. As Carolina grows closer to Gilbert, whispers of scandal begin to circulate, ...

The Dark Side Of The Moon. A war brews over the horizon, threatening Humanity in the crossfire.Read more in this Short Science Fiction Novel by Sean Almond

One long, hot summer, Joff's life changes for ever. He's always believed the Falling Boy is just a story, told to make the kids do what they're told. But this is the summer of breaking boundaries ... David Almond writes award-winning, heartfelt and unforgettable stories, and this is perfect for readers of Skellig and Michael Morpurgo.From David Almond, a 'master storyteller' IndependentNothing is the same for Joff this sum...

From Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winning author David Almond comes a heartwarming story that shows anything is possible with imagination and trust.What should a puppet master do when he’s old and alone, and all his puppets are gone? Sylvester makes one last puppet. But this one is different. When the old man speaks to him, Puppet speaks back. And then he walks…While Sylvester shows Puppet the town, the playground and the wonders the world holds, Puppet in ...

David Almond is now known around the world as the author of the novels Skellig, Kit's Wilderness and The Savage. His first two books – Sleepless Nights (1985) and A Kind of Heaven (1997) – were published by Iron Press, a selection of which appears in Nesting alongside two previously unpublished tales. The stories draw deeply from the Tyneside estate of Almond's childhood, exploring the themes that would inform his later work, and displa...

What is Life? What is Death?An unsuspecting young man soon finds out and has his entire world turned upside down in this short fantasy novel by Sean Almond.