The Child Eater

by Rachel Pollack

An ancient evil is on the rise. Children are disappearing. Only two boys, from different worlds, can stop it.

On Earth, The Wisdom family has always striven to be more normal than normal. But Simon Wisdom, the youngest child, is far from ordinary: he can see the souls of the dead. And now the ghosts of children are begging him to help them. Something is coming, something far, far worse than death . . .

In a far-away land of magic and legends, Matyas is determined to drag himself up from the gutter, become a wizard and learn to fly. But he, too, can hear the children crying.

Two vastly different worlds. One ancient evil. The child eater is coming . . .

'An intricately imagined Tarot-themed fantasy' - Guardian

• ISBN10: 1848663226
• ISBN13: 9781848663220
• Publish Date: 3 July 2014
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 27 July 2016
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Imprint: Jo Fletcher Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 368
• Language: English

Reviews

[ayla_abbott]

One character spends most of the book being a total jerk and another spends it being stupid. It all comes together in the last 20 pages and has a happy ending, but if the universe she created wasn't so interesting it would be difficult to get through. But the story is spooky. And that makes it easier to deal with two abrasive characters.