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From Costa Award-shortlisted author Nicholas Bowlingcomes a tale of adventure, myth and music to make your heart sing...'Cast its spell over me from the first page ... it reallyis my perfect book.' Jasbinder Bilan, author of ASHA& THE SPIRIT BIRD'Nicholas Bowling is a thrilling writer.' THETELEGRAPHOran lives on Little Drum, where music is everything. Every islanderhas a birth instrument and a life song - and the ancestors,called ghasts, linger to hear the music.But when the Duchess arrives from the mainland bringing ordersof silence, she threatens the ghasts' existence, the very soul ofthe community.When Oran hears of a mythical instrument with the power to manipulatehearts, she brings her ghast best friend, Alick, on a questto find it, play it, and change the Duchess's mind ... From the author of the Costa Children's Book Award-shortlistedIn the Shadow of the Heroes comes a thrillingCeltic-inspired fantasy adventure.The adventure and magic of Neil Gaiman’s Stardustwith a Hebridean-inspired fantasy setting and lovablecharacters reminiscent of Pixar’s Brave.A story about how music has the power to reveal, to inspire,and to bind people together.
