Advent

First in an astonishingly imaginative fantasy trilogy, "Advent" describes how magic was lost to the world, and how a fifteen-year-old English boy discovers that its return is his inheritance.1537. A man hurries through city streets in a gathering snowstorm, clutching a box in one hand. He is Johann [...]
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First in an astonishingly imaginative fantasy trilogy, "Advent" describes how magic was lost to the world, and how a fifteen-year-old English boy discovers that its return is his inheritance.1537. A man hurries through city streets in a gathering snowstorm, clutching a box in one hand. He is Johann Faust, the greatest magician of his age. The box he carries contains a mirror safeguarding a portion of his soul and a small ring containing all the magic in the world. Together, they comprise something unimaginably terrible. London, the present day. Fifteen-year-old Gavin Stokes is boarding a train to the countryside to live with his aunt. His school and his parents can't cope with him and the things he sees, things they tell him don't really exist. At Pendurra, Gavin finds people who are like him, who see things too. They all tell him the same thing: magic exists, and it's leaking back into our world--and bringing something terrible with it. " Advent" is an epic novel with heart-stopping moments, notable as much for its atmosphere as for its pace and sense of place. With numerous themes deftly woven throughout the compelling narrative, this novel is a spellbinding return to old-fashion storytelling and impossible to put down.