Some books are good. . .others are plain evil: the adventures of our three intrepid heroes continue in the breath-taking sequel to The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, in G.W. Dahlquist''s The Dark Volume, within which resides every reader''s blackest nightmare . . .
On a barren coast, young heiress Miss Temple awakes from a fever to discover herself friendless, alone - and having shot her fianc-tone dead. Fleeing from suspicious villagers and attacks by ''wolves'', Miss Temple finds herself with a most unlikely travelling companion in the shape of the seductive and deadly Contessa di Lacquer-Sforza.
Meanwhile, assassin Cardinal Chang and surgeon Dr Svenson are following an orgy of destruction and corruption, involving books of blue glass, to the ruins of Harschmort House, where a mysterious and vile volume is being hunted by a diabolical cabal bent on world domination.
As Miss Temple, Cardinal Chang and Dr Svenson uncover further devilish treacher
