The Interrex (Book of the Crow) [Paperback]

"The box in Galen's hands pulsed with light... 'The Word...' He sought for it, hands gripped tight, until suddenly his eyes cleared in shock. 'The Word is ... Interrex.'" In the continuing battle between the Makers and The Watch, Galen the Keeper, tapping into the Crow, (the Order's legendary powerhouse) is charged with an irresistible energy. So when the Makers send him the Word he is bound to follow, and take young Raffi with him. Apocalypse and revolution hover on the horizon as they battle onwards. But Carys has to fight back too, not just for her life, but for the identity taken from her and re-moulded by the Watch, all those years ago.

Interrex is the second title in The Book of the Crow sequence by leading fantasy writer Catherine Fisher, who is also author of The Snow-Walker Sequence, The Conjuror's Game, Fintan's Tower, The Candle Man and Belin's Hill.

A spell-binding read for lovers of fantasy aged between 9 and 13. --Tamsin Palmer --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Having tapped into the Crow, the Order's legendary powerhouse, Galen is charged with a force beyond anything he, or his apprentice, Raffi have ever known. And when, during the ritual ceremony on the night of Flainsdeath, Galen receives a message from the makers urging him to find the Interrex - the child of the last great Emperor - Galen knows that the Keepers are tantalisingly close to the brink of a revolution. Meanwhile, Gary is struggling to come to terms with her past, her identity and the mystery of how she became a member of the Watch.

Born in Newport, Catherine Fisher gained a B-ed at the University of Wales and became a primary school teacher. She has written poetry and a number of novels for young people. Both her poems and novels have won awards, including the Welsh Arts Council Young Writers' Prize 1989, the Cardiff International Poetry Competition 1989 and the Tir na n'Og Prize 1995, and she was shortlisted for the Smarties Book Prize in 1990. Darkhenge has been long listed for the Carnegie Medal.