The Poisoned King: Impossible Creatures 2

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This is the second book in the Impossible Creatures series. Readers certainly need to come to it after reading the first one. 

The Poisoned King focuses on Princess Anya, whose Uncle Claude is so utterly evil and power-hungry that he murders his own father - Anya’s grandfather, the Poisoned King himself - and threatens the whole Archipelago.  

Anya must avenge him. And Christopher, the Guardian whom readers will remember from the first book, has his own huge mission that ends up interlinking with Anya’s. 

It is truly a beautifully written story, with masterful world-building to the point that readers might start believing in dragons, gold baby unicorns with little golden hooves, and all the other creatures that are taken from our myths but here in this book really exist. The Guardian’s Bestiary at the back of the book is a delight, and comparisons to Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights or CS Lewis’s Narnia series are, for once, valid. 

The Poisoned King is everything good about a perfect children’s book: it’s a thrilling adventure, it sparkles with imagination and creativity, and it's easy to read, but also full of deep philosophy and wisdom. It is truly wonderful. 

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