The third book in the internationally bestselling Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage, featuring the funny and fantastic adventures of a wizard apprentice and his quest to become an ExtraOrdinary Wizard.
New York Times Bestselling Series
“Few fans of the best-selling Septimus Heap series will be disappointed.” —ALA Booklist
“Readers will be indubitably hooked—worrying, laughing, and gasping over the nonstop adventures of this engaging troupe.” —VOYA (Starred Review)
When Silas Heap unSeals a forgotten room in the Palace, he releases the ghost of a Queen who lived five hundred years earlier. Queen Etheldredda is as awful in death as she was in life, and she's still up to no good. Her diabolical plan to give herself everlasting life requires Jenna's compliance, Septimus's disappearance, and the talents of her son, Marcellus Pye, a famous Alchemist and Physician. And if Queen Etheldredda's plot involves Jenna and Septimus, then it will surely involve Nicko, Alther Mella, Marcia Overstrand, Beetle, Stanley, Sarah, Silas, Spit Fyre, Aunt Zelda, and all of the other wacky, wonderful characters that made Magyk and Flyte so memorable.
With heart-stopping action and a dash of humor, Angie Sage continues the fantastical journey of Septimus Heap.
What happens when Septimus is sent five hundred years into the past, and he’s the only one who can find a cure for the Sickenesse spreading in his own time?
- Time Travel Adventure: Septimus is thrown back five hundred years, landing in a dangerous era where he must learn the lost arts of Physik from the famous Alchemist, Marcellus Pye, to survive.
- An Evil Queen's Ghost: Back in the present, the malevolent spirit of Queen Etheldredda has a diabolical plan for everlasting life, and she needs Princess Jenna to make it happen.
- A Mysterious Sickness: As a strange plague called the Sickenesse spreads through the Castle, Septimus realizes the cure may be lost in the past with him, sparking a race against time.
- Your Favorite Characters Return: Join Marcia Overstrand, Spit Fyre, Aunt Zelda, and a cast of wacky and wonderful friends on another magical quest in this bestselling middle grade fantasy series.
