Thaniel, just seventeen, is a wych-hunter. Together, he and Cathaline - his friend and mentor - track down the fearful creatures that lurk in the Old Quarter of London. It is on one of these hunts that he first encounters Alaizabel Cray. Alaizabel is half-crazed, lovely, and possessed. Whatever dreadful entity has entered her soul has turned her into a strange and unearthly magnet - attracting evil and drawing horrors from ever dark corneer. Cathaline and Thaniel must discover its cause - and defend humanity at all costs.
- Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Fiction + Literature Genres
- Subgenre: Historical / Europe, General, Horror + Ghost Stories
- Age: Teen
- Publisher: Orchard Books
- Pages: 292
- Language: English
- Format: hardcover
- Release Date: August 1, 2004
- Date Published: August 1, 2004
- Author: Chris Wooding