IF YOU HAD SECRET MAGICAL POWERS, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?

After the Worldquake, Effie knows about magic - time in her grandfather's library has made sure of that. But there's still much she has to learn. About the Otherworld. And about the Diberi, a secret organisation with plans to destroy the entire universe.

Effie and her school-friends are the only ones who can stop them . . . and time is running out.

"An entrancing novel that stands on its prose . . . set in a dystopian future after a massive quake has annihilated modern technology . . . She is far too inventive a writer ever to let us feel we've been here before" - * Daily Telegraph *

"This tale of magical education is a cracker . . . has its own distinctive style" - * Guardian *

"Superb fantasy *****" - * Sunday Telegraph *

"Lively, inventive, phrase-making fantasy . . . revels in evocative spells, names and descriptions of quaint shops, fabulous food and delicious interiors . . . has something of J.K. Rowling's capacity to delight" - * Sunday Times *

"Otherworldly . . . 'Getting lost in a book' takes on new meaning" - * Mail on Sunday *

"In this children's debut from adult fantasy writer Thomas, a young girl inherits a magical library and discovers you can - quite literally - become lost in a book . . . The first book in the Worldquake Sequence augurs well for what is to follow" - * Sunday Post *

"Full of surprises . . . Spells. Wands. Portals. A child marked out for greatness . . . Effie and her friends, rugby-mad Wolf and swotty Max, are cooler and funnier than anyone at Hogwarts as they rush around trying to collect magical artefacts. In a plot turning on the theft of a library where the chief villain is a book dealer, the real magic, Thomas insists, lies in literature itself" - * Financial Times *

"Will whisk you off on a spectacular adventure" - * The Week *

"Deft and stylish . . . Packed with striking images . . . the exciting pace will make this a gleeful companion for many a young teen and upwards" - * Literary Review *

"One of the best fantasy books in my lifetime" - * Scotsman *

"In vivid, inviting prose, Thomas deftly evokes an original, intriguing post-technological Earth looming with evil where "books are magic" and memorable misfits become heroes. A compelling new fantasy series with an unlikely heroine, quirky helpers, dragons, portals, witches, and wizards" - * Kirkus *

"Lovely fantasy . . . Manages to be both unusual and traditional simultaneously, as well as entirely gripping and beautifully written" - * Books for Keeps, Books of the Year 2017 *