Darkwhispers

The ragtag crew of Captain Harriet Culpepper is off on another adventure! Ermitage Wrigglesworth, the notable explorer and author, has been reported missing in Stella Oceanus to the east. Twins Arthur and Maudie are eager to answer the call of adventure to find him, but their old nemesis and newly discovered aunt, Eudora Vane, is also on the hunt. As Lontowns most famous explorer families set sail aboard their sky-ships, it soon becomes clear that Eudoras not just after the missing explorer. Theres a secret shes chasing, something Wrigglesworth had discovered before he vanished, something that definitely shouldnt be in Eudora Vanes hands. The Auroras crew will have to journey to uncover Wrigglesworths secret first, and will discover new lands and new friends along the way. . . .

Return to Vashti Hardys marvelously imagined world (Publishers Weekly) in this sweeping and propulsive follow up to Brightstorm, hailed by the Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books as a novel of grandeur and action.