About this item
Zo Marriott's inventive, Japanese-inflected urban fantasy raises the stakes in a sweeping second installment.Against all odds, Mio has defeated the evil Nekomata and seen her love, Shinobu, restored to life. But in the wake of the battle, Mio's unsettling connection to the katana - an ancient sword her family has been compelled to guard for generations - has grown more frightening. And now the Underworld has sent the Shikome - foul women whose feathers carry death - to spread a supernatural plague through London. With her best friend in the hospital, Shinobu's very existence at risk, and the city in chaos, Mio realizes there is no way she can keep everyone she loves alive. What terrible sacrifice must she make to save the world
About the Author
I've known that I wanted to be a writer since I finished reading my first book; 'The Magic Faraway Tree' by Enid Blyton. I think I was about eight, but I've never changed my mind in all the years since then.
I got my first publishing contract when I was twenty-two, but had to wait until I was twenty-four to see that book published (it was The Swan Kingdom) .
I live in a little house in a town by the sea, with my two rescued cats, one called Hero after a Shakespearian character and one Echo after a nymph from a Greek myth. I also have a springer/cocker spaniel called Finbar (otherwise known as The Devil Hound) .
Five Interesting Facts:
1. I have nearly seventy notebooks hidden in my desk, waiting to be written in. I still can't stop buying new ones.
2. I can't ride a bike, and I never could.
3. I don't have a single filling in my teeth.
4. When I was little, I was convinced that wolves lived under my bed.
5. I hate bananas.
