It's a long hot summer. Temperatures are soaring and a strange creature has been spotted on Dartmoor. Connie Lionheart and her friends soon discover that the creature is a chimera. When it attacks Connie, leaving her gravely wounded, Col and Rat must rescue her from hospital: she needs treatment beyond the knowledge of mortals. But a weakened Connie is easy prey for the evil shapeshifter Kullervo. He believes that, finally, the time is ripe for him to seize her Universal power, gather his army of mythical beings, and wipe out humanity. The battle between him and Connie will be a fight to the death. And the prize will be the future of mankind.
- ISBN10 0192754637
- ISBN13 9780192754639
- Publish Date 6 March 2008 (first published 1 December 2007)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 June 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352
- Language English