Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt

In the most thrilling fantasy of the year a young girl must pretend to be a boy to rescue her brother from a secret order of monster hunters. Ottilie Colter and her brother Gully have always fended for themselves.

So when Gully goes missing one night Ottilie sets out to find him - and soon makes a horrible discovery.

Gully has been forcibly recruited by the Narroway Hunt a secretive male-only organisation that hunts savage blight-spreading monsters called 'dredretches'. Disguising herself as a boy Ottilie infiltrates the Hunt - but quickly realises that taking her brother home won't be easy.

Trapped in the heart of the dredretch-infested Narroway it's impossibly dangerous for them to leave.

But as she trains to become a Huntsman alongside her brother hoping for a chance to escape how long can she keep her true identity a secret? From Rhiannon Williams the first ever middle-grade winner of the Ampersand Prize comes book one in this bewitching trilogy about friendship bravery and having the courage to do what's right.

Perfect for fans of Withering-by-Sea by Judith Rossell and A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee.