Wormwood

"Wormwood", read here by Robert Powell, follows the exceptional success of GP Taylor's bestselling first book, "Shadowmancer".

Dr Sabian Blake - astronomer, scientist, and master of the Kabbalah - is in possession of the Nemorensis, an ancient leather-bound book which holds the secrets of the universe.

Leafing through it one night, he reads a mysterious inscription in the margin: 'Wormwood ...the bright star shall fall from the sky ...and many will die from its bitterness.' Deciphering this prophecy could prove the key to saving London from a catastrophic fate.

But there are others interested in the Nemorensis too - for more sinister reasons.

Blake and his serving maid Agetta Lamian soon become enmeshed in a web of sorcery, as agents of both good and evil battle to possess the book and gain its power.

They will face great danger, and must decide who to trust - for the wrong decision could cost them their souls...