Impossible Creatures

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Impossible Creatures invites readers into a magical world where mythical beasts roam freely. Christopher’s discovery of a secret passage to the Archipelago sets off an urgent adventure alongside Mal, a mysterious girl with a flying coat and a baby griffin.

An enchanting journey through a wondrous archipelago filled with mythical creatures and thrilling danger.

From the acclaimed Katherine Rundell, British Book Awards Author of the Year, comes the paperback edition of the first installment in the award-winning and bestselling Impossible Creatures series. This edition also features the bonus short story, The Centaur's Spectacles.

Christopher is amazed to find a hidden gateway to the Archipelago, a cluster of magical islands where legendary creatures live, breed, and thrive in great numbers. There, he meets Mal, a girl native to the islands who carries a flying coat and cares for a baby griffin. But Mal is being hunted by a deadly enemy.

Together, they set off on a desperate quest to uncover the cause behind the sudden deaths of the creatures. Their journey takes them across the breathtaking and wild Archipelago, where sphinxes guard secrets and centaurs commit murder. Their mission is to save both the islands and the world beyond from an emerging evil before it’s too late.

Along the way, Christopher and Mal confront questions about power, knowledge, and the demands of love.

Celebrated voices praise this captivating tale: Philip Pullman calls the world Rundell creates "so intriguing and so well put together that I couldn't resist it." Michael Morpurgo places her alongside Tolkien and Pullman, while Frank Cottrell-Boyce compares the series’ world to the enchantment of Narnia and Middle Earth. The Times hails it as "gripping," with every sentence sparkling in this excellent opening volume of a new fantasy trilogy.

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