Gripping fantasy adventure with larger-than-life characters and a world mapped in fascinating detail. Illustrated throughout by the author. Rossam nd has exchanged Winstermill and the dangerous life of a lamplighter for Brandenbrass and an even more dangerous life as factotum to the aristocratic monsterslayer, Europe. Fear and self-doubt must wait, however, as he plunges headlong into the fulgar's day-to-day life of political manoeuvring, high-society parties and well-paid monsterhunting.
But whispers and rumours about her new factotum place Europe herself in danger, and now Rossam nd and the Branden Rose will face the ultimate battle against their enemies, the black-hearted schemers who would destroy them both
