On his first day as Royal Reporter of the land of Serendair, Charles Magnus Ven Polypheme--known as Ven--is sent by King Vandemere on a secret mission within the walls of the Gated City, ruled by the powerful Raven's Guild run by the Queen of Thieves.
1 A Bad Morning
2 A Royal Invitation
3 The Hidden Passage
4 Out of a Job
5 The Adventure Begins
6 The Abandoned Pier
7 The Market of Thieves
8 The Arms of Coates
9 The Fortune-teller's Tent
10 Madame Sharra
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"Haydon not only maintains the dazzling action. convincing characterizations, and vigorous world building of the first book, but also carefully paves the way for further installments in the Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme series. Another surefire winner."
--Booklist--
"This first-rate novel will have wide appeal."
--School Library Journal--