From bestselling author and winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award, Uki and the Swamp Spirit is the fifth title set in the world of Podkin One-Ear.Uki had the sensation of a sickly green light, spreading out through the networks of water. Of tendrils connecting all the creatures of the marsh in a web . . . Linking itself so it could poison it all and destroy it.Uki and his friends have two more spirits to find and capture. After defeating Valkus, they make for Clarice, who is spreading disease through the swamps. Can Uki and his friends outwit him - all whilst they themselves are being chased by the Endwatch and Jori's clan of assassins?'Storytelling perfection.'Sophie Anderson'One of my sons very favourite authors.' Romesh Ranganathan'Superb.' Max Porter'It's jolly good fun ... expect sequels to breed like... well, rabbits.' SFX on The Legend of Podkin One-Ear

Kieran Larwood moved to the UK from Kenya when he was two and now lives on the Isle of Wight. He has worked as a reception teacher, archery instructor, and in a cake factory! He won the Blue Peter Best Story Award. David Wyatt, the illustrator, lives in Devon. He has illustrated tales by many well-known authors, including Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman and J. R. R. Tolkien. Cover by Fernando Lopez Juarez.