The Left-Handed Fate

About this book

Return to Nagspeake for a new fantasy adventure from the bestselling author of National Book Award nominee Greenglass House. Lucy Bluecrowne and Maxwell Ault are on a mission: find the three pieces of a strange and arcane engine they believe can stop the endless war raging between their home country of England and Napoleon Bonapartes France. During the search however their ship the famous privateer the Left-Handed Fate is taken by the Americans who have just declared war on England too. The Fate (and with it Lucy and Max) is put under the command of new midshipman Oliver Dexter . . . whos only just turned twelve. But Lucy and Max arent the only ones trying to assemble the engine; the French are after it as well as the crew of a mysterious vessel that seems able to appear out of thin air. When Oliver discovers what his prisoners are really up toand how dangerous the device could be if it falls into the wrong handshe is faced with a choice: Help Lucy and Max even if it makes him a traitor to his own country? Or follow orders and risk endangering countless lives including those of the enemies who have somehow become his friends?