Angie Sage began her career illustrating books, and then started writing - first toddler books, later chapter books and then the masterful Septimus Heap. She lives in a fifteenth-century house in Somerset. She has two grown-up daughters.

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Enter the world of Septimus Heap, Wizard Apprentice. Magyk is his destiny.

A powerful necromancer plans to seize control of all things Magykal. He has killed the Queen and locked up the Extraordinary Wizard. Now with Darke Magyk he will create a world filled with Darke creatures. But the Necromancer made one mistake. A vital detail he has overlooked means there is a boy who can stop him - the only problem is, the boy doesn't know it yet.

For the Heap family, life as they know is about to change, and the most fantastically fast-paced adventure of confused identities, magyk and mayhem, begin.

Praise for Septimus Heap series:

Warm, funny and humane, Sage takes care with the destiny of even her smallest characters, and is a real discovery

Her yarn scoots along like a dragon-boat with the wind in its sails

Full of hurtle-paced humour

Wonderfully imaginative . . . Children of all ages will relish this

A hugely imaginative and darkly humorous adventure, with a richly layered plot and brilliantly quirky characters

The first book in a Magykal series.