Author(s): Michelle Paver

Children & Young Adult

Young Hylas – goatherd, Outsider, theif – is hunted by powerful warriors who have kidnapped his sister and want him dead. Hylas is forced to flee his home, but not before a mysterious stranger gives him a bronze dagger.

While on the run, Hylas must use his skill and wits to survive a shipwreck and a great white shark attack, befriend a dolphin, and help Pirra, the runaway daughter of a High Princess.

Together with Pirra, the dolphin, and the valuable bronze sword, Hylas fights to discover why he’s being hunted and find his sister before the warriors find them.