Book 2 in the Frank Penny series
For Frank, Cas, Gabby and Anya, solving the Mystery of Ludlow Hums was just the start.
The evil Dagmar Dag is set to crush their homeland, unless they can track down the guardians of the Simbrian â€" fast.
As if things weren’t difficult enough, right under the gaze of Excelsus Academy for the Gallant and Gifted, someone else is hunting in the shadows. Lurking unseen in the side streets of Rhaeder is a dangerous enemy sent by Kzarlac, the land of the black scorpion.
What are they searching for? And why has Kzarlac delivered its top undercover agent into the jaws of its fiercest adversary?
Can Frank and the others find them and stop them - before it’s too late?
Caught in the intricate web of the past, and the awesome power the legend of the Simbrian is said to conjure for the one who possesses it, only one thing is certain â€" if Frank and his friends fail, it will mean the end of their lives as they know it.
