When the people of a small village discover that Catou can mysteriously change her shape to become a cat, she is tried as a witch - until Frederic, the miller's son, steps forward to defend her and they are banished together. For a while they live by their wits alone; then Catou disguises Frederic as the noble Marquis of Carabas from Spain, and herself as his manservant Serafin. They enter the Court of Tenebran, a strange place of sumptuous wealth set in an impoverished and starving land, where Balze, the manservant of the Lord, holds sway. Yet he is not what he seems, and in learning the truth, Catou has to confront not only the diabolic nature of Balze's evil, but also her own identity and the destiny to which she has journeyed since she was born...

 

This book is part of a book series called Hodder Silver .

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Sophie Masson was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to French parents. She has spent most of her life going back and forth between Australia and France. Author of 28 novels for adults, teenagers and children, she has been published in Australia, the US and Italy as well as the UK. Shortlisted for many awards, she has written for stage and radio as well as for newspapers, magazines and literary journals. Still fluently bilingual, she frequently returns to France to visit family. She lives in New South Wales, Australia, with her husband and three children.