"Welcome, Lily," Manuelo said. "I've been expecting you." Something strange is happening in the Black Mountains. The Black Empire now run by evil General Sark, an enemy of Lily and Ashby, is crumbling and its miners are in revolt. The revolution is rumoured to be led by a strange Robin Hood like figure called Manuelo. But Manuelo is also someone who has previously stolen some of the king of Ashby's treasure so no one knows who's side he is on. It is up to Lily to make the dangerous journey to the Black mines to confront this dark mysterious figure and find out whether he is friend or foe and who if fact he really is!

 

This book is part of a book series called Lily Quench .

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Penny Matthews is an award-winning author and editor of children's books. Her stories are often centred around farm life and she has a particular affinity with the country, farm animals and rural environment. She lives in Myrtle Bank in South Australia. Janine Dawson used to work in animation and is now a professional children's illustrator. She lives in New South Wales, Australia. Natalie Prior is a writer and an ex-librarian. She is the author of The Paw books, Bog Bodies, Mysterious Ruins, and the Amabel books.