The first instalment in the stunning Umbra Tales series, Mia and the Lightcasters unfolds a compelling quest to reach the City of Light to find the titular heroine's missing parents.
Shortlisted for The Jhalak Children's & Young Adults Prize 2023
Beware of the shadows, the Reaper King is coming...
Mia always dreamed of being an umbra tamer until she met the wild creature on the Nightmare Plains. Since that day, she prefers to stay safe within the walls of Nubis. Safe, that is, until a surprise attack. With her parents captured, Mia's only hope is to travel to the City of Light to find help.
But with only her little brother, two friends and one solitary tamed umbra, the journey feels impossible. Mia not only has to overcome her fears, she also has to learn to harness her umbra taming abilities if they are to complete the quest in time.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571368433
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 371 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 29 mm
Edition: Main
'This book has everything I love: cinematic world-building, a page-turning adventure, pulse-pounding action scenes and characters so vivid I miss them already.' A. F. Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief'Thrilling . . . a wonderful adventure.' L. D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency'A fresh, wild, gripping adventure.' Kieran Larwood, author of The Legend of Podkin One-Ear'A thrilling, highly imaginative and action-packed fantasy.' Louie Stowell, author of Otherland and Loki'I absolutely loved it.' Tola Okogwu, author of Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun 'A deliciously dark and magical world that video game fanatics will devour.' Aisha Bushby, author of A Flash of Fireflies
Mia and the Lightcasters is a thrilling, deliciously scary fantasy adventure: an edge-of-your-seat, exhilarating quest into darkness and light that kept me enthralled throughout.
12-year-old Mia had always dreamed...
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this was an excellent book! I really struggled to put it down. I loved the Umbra, they were such a fantastic idea, and Mia's umbra, Lux and Nox were especially brilliant and very sassy, bringing a bit of a light... More
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