THE CRYSTAL RUN

‘O'Flanagan's writing is crisp and concise and her plotting deft' — Sarah Webb, The Independent

Gripping new middle-grade fantasy series for fans of Cornelia Funke, Eoin Colfer and Rick Riordan from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of women's fiction (UK: Headline, US: Little, Brown). When Joe flees school bullies and finds himself in another world, he must team up with Kaia to save her civilisation. Kaia is a Runner, one of three teenagers tasked with transporting the crystals that powers a shield to keep her country, Carcassia, safe from the warlike people of Kanabia. But this run is more dangerous than they could ever have envisaged...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ex-bond dealer and financial journalist whose adult fiction novels have all been immediate No 1 Irish bestsellers. Her books have been described 'as necessary to women as chocolate, and just as addictive!' Headline have over 7 million copies of her books in print. She was the recipient of the prestigious Irish Tatler Literary Woman of the Year award in 2003.