The Kiss of Death
by Marcus Sedgwick
Marko's father, a doctor, is missing. He was attending Sorrel's father, a man being driven mad by some evil curse.
Together Marko and Sorrel search the streets and islands of 18th century Venice to find the answers to their questions.
Narrowly escaping death, they are imprisoned on a serious charge. They are freed by the enigmatic Peter who has travelled the world for decades.
He seeks the Shadow Queen and her followers - the vampyri – to kill every one of them. It is her evil that infects the city.
With an atmosphere that is thick with dread, this dark and intense gothic novel is lightened by burgeoning love and a faithful stray dog. It is a sequel (to My Swordhand is Singing) which ably stands alone.
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
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Marcus Sedgwick
Marcus Sedgwick began to write seriously in 1994, and his first book, Floodland, was published by Orion in 2000, and won the Branford-Boase award for best debut children's novel. Witch Hill followed in 2001, and was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Independent Reading Association award and the Portsmouth Book Award. In 2002 The Dark Horse was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, The Carnegie Medal and the Blue Peter Book Award.
The Book of Dead Days was nominated for the Guardian Award, and was shortlisted for the Sheffield Book Award and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.
In his spare time, Marcus is a drummer and at the moment play’s the part of Basil Exposition from behind the kit in The International Band of Mystery, an Austin Powers tribute band.
Marcus Sedgwick used to work in children's publishing and before that he was a bookseller. He now happily writes full-time. Marcus lives in Cambridge and has a young daughter, Alice.
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Marcus Sedgwick
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