Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit

Informationen zum Autor After studying English at university, Clare went to drama school and became an actor. A few years ago, she turned her love of storytelling from stage to page and became a writer too. She lives with her husband in south-east London, where she spends a lot of time walking by the river in the hope that a little Tidemagic might rub off on her, and is a devoted servant to an extremely ungrateful cat. Zusammenfassung Be swept away by an exquisite and unforgettable adventure, perfect for fans of Northern Lights and The Unadoptables. Meet Ista Flit. Daughter. Face-changer. Thief . . . Amongst the cobbled streets and misty alleyways of Shelwich, magic rises and falls with the Tide. When the Tide is out, the magic ebbs to a low murmur. When the Tide is in, the magic is high - and Tide-blessings are at their strongest. For most people, the Tide-blessing they are born with is nothing more than a simple party trick: eyes that change colour, or the ability to recite a poem backwards. Some, though, are blessed with more powerful gifts. Telepathy. Flight. Or, in the case of Ista Flit, being able to transform to look like someone else. Anyone else... Ista has come to Shelwich in search of her missing father, and she'll do anything to find him - even work for Shelwich's most notorious thief. Then she meets Nat and Ruby, both struggling with their own search: Nat for his little brother, Ravi, and Ruby for her sister Saf. As more strange disappearances send shockwaves through the town, they must form a tentative friendship and draw on all the Tidemagic they can to unravel a mystery that leads to an old, abandoned theatre, and to the ancient caves beneath Shelwich. But what they find there will be far more than they have bargained for...

Résumé

Meet Ista Flit. Daughter. Face-changer. Thief.

On the misty streets and cobbled alleyways of Shelwich, a strange magic rises and falls with the Tide. When it's low, the power ebbs to little more than a murmur. But when it's high, Tide-blessings can make the impossible happen.

Ista Flit has a powerful Tide-blessing. She can transform into someone else. Anyone else. Ista has come to Shelwich in search of her father, and will do anything to find him, even use her Tide-blessing for dark purposes.

But there are even darker powers loose in the town. Monstrous grilks prowl the night, snatching unsuspecting citizens, who are never seen again. Ista suspects the grilks took her father, but how do you catch a kidnapper that no one has ever even seen?

Teaming up with Nat and Ruby, who have both lost family too, Ista must draw on all the Tidemagic she can to unravel the mystery. But what she finds in the ancient caves beneath Shelwich may be more than any of them bargained for . . .