From the�legendary Emily Rodda�comes an epic adventure unlike any you've read before. Derry knows no other life than that of a captive on Cram's Rock, shunned by the other young prisoners for being Cram's poison taster. Until the day everything changes, when a traveller arrives, on the run from the sinister El executioners. She leaves Derry with a magical notebook full of secrets, secrets that might hold the key to Derry's destiny � and his past. Once you enter Landovel, you won't want to leave.