There are 237 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by Walker Books Ltd .

Charles Ashton is the author of the Dragon Fire trilogy, Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire (shortlisted for both the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the WH Smith Mind Boggling Books Award), Into the Spiral and The Shining Bridge, as well as the novel Billy's Drift, and, for younger readers, The Giant's Boot (shortlisted for the Smarties Book Prize), The Boy Who Was a Bear and The Snow Door.