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Summary:
In a hot and arid land, the people believe that the death of the old Archon, the god-on-earth, will end their suffering. But instead his death throws Mirany, the new Bearer for the god, into a terrifying quest - with a only drunken musician and a tomb-robbing scribe as allies.
Shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award
'A powerful and very exciting adventure... left me wanting more' (SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL).
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