"Inventive as Harry Potter, dark as Gormenghast and as intelligently probing as Philip Pullman' Independent When Pyrgus Malvae, the rebel prince, comes into conflict with the unscrupulous Faeries of the Night, the realm of the Purple Emperor is thrown into chaos like never before. Escape for Pyrgus is to be found by sending him to the human world using an ancient portal, but evil forces have tampered with the device, leaving Pyrgus stranded there. Relying on the help of old Mr Fogarty, and Henry, a human boy his own age, Pyrgus must get home and help his sister Holly Blue. Together they will have to fight the enemies of the Purple Emperor both outside and within the Faerie Realm before all is lost."

ISBN: 9780747591016