In a hot and arid land, the people believe that the death of the old Archon, the god-on-earth, will end their suffering. But instead his death throws Mirany, the new Bearer for the god, into a terrifying quest - with a only drunken musician and a tomb-robbing scribe as allies.

Shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award

'A powerful and very exciting adventure... left me wanting more' (SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL).