Fullwinter in the weald - a season of almost unsurvivable cold for anyone foolish enough to venture outside. Even wyrmes die, frozen in the icy wasteland, or falling lifeless from the skies as the host heads west to escape the advance of the two-hides: man...Huddled in a winter den, Micah is thankful to cragclimber Eli Halfwinter for providing him and kingirl Thrace with shelter, while Thrace aches to leave and fly through the skies on her whitewyrme once more. But sniffing out their whereabouts, fuelled by the invigorating liquor known asbloodhoney,is a brutal assassin, seeking vengeance. And worse is to come when they stumble upon a bizarre community headed by a charismatic stone prophet - Deephome...

Chris Riddell (Author) Chris Riddell is an acclaimed artist of childrens books and a political cartoonist for the Observer. Amongst other titles, Chris illustrates theOttolineyoung fiction series andthe Goth Girlseries, as well as working closely with Paul Stewart on theEdge ChroniclesandWyrmeweald. Children's Laureate from 2015-2017, he has won many awards for his work, including the Nestlé Gold Award, the UNESCO Award forSomething Elseand the rare honour of three Kate Greenaway Medals. Paul Stewart (Author) Paul Stewart is a highly regarded author of books for young readers - everything from picture books to football stories, fantasy and horror. Together with Chris Riddell, he is co-creator of the bestsellingEdge Chroniclesseries, which has sold over three million books and is now available in over thirty languages. They are also co-creators of theFar-Flung Adventureseries, which includesFergus Crane, Gold Smarties Prize Winner,Corby FloodandHugo Pepper,Silver Nestle Prize Winners, and theBarnaby GrimesSeries.

The second of a critically-acclaimed three-part fantasy by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell set in the Wyrmeweald, where awesome winged beasts roam the skies. Think TRUE GRIT meets AVATAR - with dragons.>