Taylor, G. P

Raphah, having come from Africa to retrieve an artifact stolen from his temple and sold to Obadiah Demurral, the power-hungry Vicar of Thorpe, joins forces with young Kate and Thomas to stop the evil parson when they learn he has been attempting to become a god by dabbling in dark magic.

When Obadiah Demurral, the power-hungry Vicar of Thorpe, attempts to become a god by dabbling in magic, Raphah (who has come from Africa to get back the artifact stolen from his Temple and sold to Demurral) joins forces with Kate and Thomas to stop him.

Jonah, a young thief, and his friends and Tersias, a twelve-year-old boy who channels prophesies, become embroiled in the machinations of a magician, a politician, and a false prophet, as well as in the magic of a strange alabaster box.

In 1756, as a deadly comet hurtles toward London, Dr. Sabian Blake and his fourteen-year-old housemaid, Agetta, struggle against dark forces that seek an ancient, powerful book in Blake's possession that would enable them to carry out an evil plan in which Agetta unknowingly plays a pivotal role.

Jonah, a young thief, and his friends and Tersias, a twelve-year-old boy who channels prophesies, become embroiled in the machinations of a magician, a politician, and a false prophet, as well as in the magic of a strange alabaster box.

Written by a country vicar, the hit Shadowmancer series is possible because that vicar listened to his calling. Graham Taylor, the vicar in question, had been a problem child, a roadie for a punk rock band, been into drugs, and, repenting of his wildness, a policeman. But the call of a higher power could not be denied and he returned to Yorkshire, married his wife, and became a vicar.

Having barely escaped the evil sorcerer Demurral, Kate and Thomas set sail to London, hoping to make a fresh start, while Raphah, who has had a narrow escape of his own, begins a terrifying journey to find his friends.

In this sequel to Shadowmancer, Thomas, Kate, and Raphah flee from the evil sorcerer Dumurral and head to London, where they soon discover that their battle with the forces of evil has just begun.

In 1886 England, when fifteen-year-old Mariah begins working at the Prince Regent Hotel and discovers many previous workers have disappeared, he tries to solve the mystery, only to find that nothing is as it appears.