A swashbuckling adventure. Booklist
A rollicking Indiana Jones flick with a female lead. BCCB
The Last Magician meets A Gentlemans Guide to Vice and Virtue in this thrilling, breathless (Kirkus Reviews) tale filled with magic and set in the mysterious Carpathian Mountains where a girl must hunt down Vlad the Impalers cursed ring in order to save her father.
Some legends never die
Traveling with her treasure-hunting father has always been a dream for Theodora. Shes read every book in his library, has an impressive knowledge of the worlds most sought-after relics, and has all the ambition in the world. What she doesnt have is her fathers permission. That honor goes to her fathers nineteen-year-old protégéand once-upon-a-time love of Theodoras lifeHuck Gallagher, while Theodora is left to sit alone in her hotel in Istanbul.
Until Huck returns from an expedition without her father and enlists Theodoras help in rescuing him. Armed with her fathers travel journal, the reluctant duo learns that her father had been digging up information on a legendary and magical ring that once belonged to Vlad the Impalermore widely known as Draculaand that it just might be the key to finding him.
Journeying into Romania, Theodora and Huck embark on a captivating adventure through Gothic villages and dark castles in the misty Carpathian Mountains to recover the notorious ring. But they arent the only ones who are searching for it. A secretive and dangerous occult society with a powerful link to Vlad the Impaler himself is hunting for it, too. And they will go to any lengths��including murderto possess it.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
A rollicking Indiana Jones flick with a female lead. BCCB
The Last Magician meets A Gentlemans Guide to Vice and Virtue in this thrilling, breathless (Kirkus Reviews) tale filled with magic and set in the mysterious Carpathian Mountains where a girl must hunt down Vlad the Impalers cursed ring in order to save her father.
Some legends never die
Traveling with her treasure-hunting father has always been a dream for Theodora. Shes read every book in his library, has an impressive knowledge of the worlds most sought-after relics, and has all the ambition in the world. What she doesnt have is her fathers permission. That honor goes to her fathers nineteen-year-old protégéand once-upon-a-time love of Theodoras lifeHuck Gallagher, while Theodora is left to sit alone in her hotel in Istanbul.
Until Huck returns from an expedition without her father and enlists Theodoras help in rescuing him. Armed with her fathers travel journal, the reluctant duo learns that her father had been digging up information on a legendary and magical ring that once belonged to Vlad the Impalermore widely known as Draculaand that it just might be the key to finding him.
Journeying into Romania, Theodora and Huck embark on a captivating adventure through Gothic villages and dark castles in the misty Carpathian Mountains to recover the notorious ring. But they arent the only ones who are searching for it. A secretive and dangerous occult society with a powerful link to Vlad the Impaler himself is hunting for it, too. And they will go to any lengths��including murderto possess it.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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