What if you woke up in your own grave? That's exactly what happened to Jake. He's sixteen. Dead. Buried. And somehow-alive. No memories. No past. No answer to the question why. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's go back to where it all began. Together with his friends-Patrick, Mill, and Emma-Jake sets off for the mysterious city of Liverpool. But not the one you see as a dot on the map-a hidden side of it, sealed away from prying eyes. There lives his only relative who might be able to help him-his aunt, a sorceress. Their journey takes them through shops of black magic filled with what seem to be human organs, the Suzie Westfield School of Magic, where not only wizards study, and strange time loops inhabited by people with unusual abilities. Along the way, they meet a unique ten-year-old girl, who can control lumines-and wields a power akin to that of God. But what if Jake's only relative isn't who she pretends to be? What if a book about magic is not banal wand waving, but the story of a witch who was burned alive at the stake? What if the heroes must plunge into the depths of dark, mysterious magic that no one writes about in books- and outsmart death itself just to survive? Dark, fast-paced, magical, and deeply emotional - perfect for fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Lockwood & Co., and the young adult novels of Stephen King. The beginning of a new series - where magic is only the first mystery.
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