The Secret of the Moonshard

The breathtakingly imaginative new fantasy novel from Branford Boase winner Struan Murray.Decades ago, above the city of Abzalaymon, the defeat of the Dark Lord Surphantile brought an end to the age of magic. Now the Science Barons rule unchallenged from their floating laboratory, Scientarium Celestis, bestowing new wonders upon the population - from automobiles and televisions to giant thunder lizards, brought back from extinction by the Science Barons' wisdom.The only thing the Barons can't seem to invent is a cure for eleven-year-old Domino's mysterious allergy to magic. Without that, she can never leave the Scientarium, as the residual magic of the streets of Abzalaymon would kill her instantly. Or would it . . . ?When a mysterious stranger appears on the Scientarium, Domino's world is turned upside down as she discovers that not only have the Science Barons been lying to her all her life, but a new war is brewing between science and magic - and that she might just be the key to victory.