Orphans of the Tide

Author(s): Struan Murray

Middle Fiction

An extraordinary tale of myth, magic and the power of friendship, perfect for fans of Sky Song and Cogheart.
The City - mankind's last refuge in a drowned world, where Whale Lords reign and the Inquisition keeps the peace.The Enemy - a dark power, ever seeking to take possession of a human body and cause untold chaos.The Inventor - a girl living in the heart of the City in a ramshackle workshop overflowing with curiosities.When a whale washes up on the City roofs and a mysterious boy emerges from its belly, the superstitious citizens assume the Enemy has come again. Only Ellie - a fearless inventor striving to live up to her mother's legacy - believes the boy is innocent. Thrown together with the young fugitive, now on the run from the ruthless Inquisition, Ellie must discover who this boy really is - and what that means for her own terrible secret . . .

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Struan Murray is Scottish and grew up in Edinburgh, the youngest of a large, rowdy family of redheads. He has a PhD in genetics and is now a lecturer in biochemistry at the University of Oxford. He won the 2018 Bath Children's Novel Award with this novel.

General Fields

  • : 9780241384435
  • : Penguin UK
  • : Puffin
  • : 0.281
  • : February 2020
  • : ---length:- '19.8'width:- '12.9'units:- Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Struan Murray
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 823.92