All is not well in the kingdom of Waldberg . . . The orphan Hans is desperate to escape his master, the grave robber Knobbe the Bent.The young countess Angela von Schwanenberg must rescue her parents from the mad archduke. But when fate flings them together, they find themselves on a daring quest, hurtling through haunted forests, racing down mountains in a coffin and sneaking along underground passageways with a travelling circus. And at every turn, the archduke's Necromancer is there to thwart their progress. Will Angela save her parents? Will Hans escape his past and find out who he truly is? Or will the evil Necromancer capture them first?

 

There are 304 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Faber & Faber .

Allan Stratton is an award-winning and internationally published and produced novelist and playwright. His novel, "Chanda's Secrets," is a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. He lives in Toronto.