The talking head has red curls,green eyes and a stroppy personality and is accompanied by an equally tiresome talking raven.The head has been(by iits own request) severed from its body during a battle between the Tuans and the Vemorians,and now demands to be restored to it.Gilly and Hal - who inadvertantly walked through an arch and into a land outside time and space,and fell into conversation with a Tuan boy called Lugh - get landed with the job.Their adventures with and without the head are funny,exciting and unexpected.

THE TALKING HEAD introduces an outstanding new writer of fantasy for children,who draws on Celtic myths to create an imaginary country of absorbing interest,and describes it with a light touch and a wonderful sense of humour.