A breathtaking new fantasy world from the award-winning
author of The Last Wild. In an empire of vampirs and werwolves,
Tibor and Roza are hunting a treasure more valuable than gold ... For readers
who loved Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures or S.F.
Said's Tyger.
Tibor is a child of the night, a werwolf, adopted by his guardian, a powerful
vampir. He and his friend Roza are on the deadliest of quests, and one that
will test their very immortality. And they're not the only ones hunting for the
Midnight Treasure. Battling with bears, wrestling with vampirs and racing
against the clock, Tibor and Roza must decide who to trust. And whether they
will dare reveal the secrets ... of the Midnight Treasure.
From the award-winning Piers Torday comes this spectacular,
irresistible treasure hunt: there will be clues, spells, imprisonments and
escapes, fights, betrayals ... but above all there will be courage and hope.
About the Author
Piers Torday began his career in theatre and
then television as a producer and writer. His first book for children, The
Last Wild, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Award,
nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and is being adapted for the stage by
the Unicorn and National Theatre. His second book, The Dark Wild,
won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Other titles include There
May Be A Castle (People's Book Award finalist), which was adapted for
the stage by the Little Angel Theatre, The Lost Magician (Teach
Primary Book Award) and Midnight Treasure, the New Statesman
Children's Book of the Year.
He recently adapted The Box of Delights for
the RSC. Other stage adaptations include Christmas Carol and The
Wind in the Willows (Wilton's Music Hall).