Relic Hamilton, Genie Hunter: The Door of the Dead: The second instalment in a fast-paced fantasy adventure trilogy for 9-12 year olds featuring gadgets, magical creatures, ancient lore, rogue genies and an underground community of London-based genie hunters

Genies grant wishes! That’s all anyone ever cares about. They forget that genies were imprisoned in those lamps for a reason…

“A fresh, action-packed take on genies that effortlessly blends ancient mythology with futuristic tech. Reminiscent of epic shows like Pokémon and Ben 10, Coelho’s mischievous prose is delightfully playful throughout.” Joseph Elliot, author of The Good Hawk

From the former UK Children’s Laureate, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing and author of the Fairytales Gone Bad series, comes the second instalment in an action-packed fantasy adventure trilogy.

Ravenna, the king of evil genies, has taken over Taya’s body and has gone underground finding powerful genie allies … its over to Relic and the Hermitic Sodality of Genie Hunters to try and stem the flood of chaos! But one genie proves a bigger threat than all the others combined: The Archivist was a terrible genie, so terrible that his lamp was kept hidden in Windsor Castle for centuries. Relic and the team must get to it before Ravenna…

Features 20 black-and-white illustrations throughout from Korean artist Hyun Song We, an animator who has worked on Pixar films including Inside Out 2.

Praise for Book 1: “A witty, fast-paced adventure from the children’s laureate.” Guardian