FiresongLed by Hanno and Ira Hath, thirty two mostly Manth survivors of the fall of the Mastery search for the fabled Homeland. Ira knows that as long as she feels the warmth on her face, despite the wintry conditions, they are heading in the right direction. She also knows that, according to the prophecy, she will die when they reach the homeland. She grows weaker with every step. Hanno must keep up the spirits of the marchers on the gruelling

the beckoning starvation line encourages him to accept a commission to write the biography of a National Hunt racehorse trainer

the boy and his mother a princess in exile from a faraway land are the only persons in their household assigned names

freshly-escaped from the Spook's bonds

Signed by Simon Brett

accepts the part of Ophelia

summoning forth the horrors so often concealed behind everyday fa

Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others

and personality-change

Baldwin travels to Belstone

hanged by the US government

an Elvis-worshipping hitman

is one of great brutality