The fourth gripping instalment in Cornelia Funke's internationally bestselling Reckless series

A born storyteller - Guardian

Jacob and Fox may not have found Jacob's brother Will, but they have found something even more unexpected in the Mirrorworld: happiness. Just as they give up the search to enjoy their new life together, Will appears.

But now Jacob isn't sure he can trust his own brother. Travelling with Jacob and Fox's deadly enemies, Will is on his way to Nihon, beautiful land of sea serpents and samurai, talking forests and magnificent foxes, in pursuit of another magical Mirror. The pair can only follow.

If they are fortunate, what they find could save them. If they are not, they will find painful truths, terrible risks and a greater danger than they could ever have imagined.

'A born storyteller' - Guardian

'A master' - Independent

'Germany's answer to JK Rowling' - Telegraph

'A superb series of books. They are certainly intriguing and mesmerising in the telling' - School Librarian

Cornelia Funke is the highly acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author of the Inkheart trilogy, Dragon Rider, The Thief Lord and numerous other children's novels and picture books. Born in 1958 in the German town of Dorsten, she worked as a social worker for a few years before turning first to illustration and then to writing. Her books have now sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 37 languages. Volumes I-IV of the Reckless series and The Glass of Lead and Gold are also available from Pushkin Press.