Hachette India

The Curse of the Ravens

Rebecca Lisle

The year is 1682. Reuben and his cousin Doctor Brittlebank visit the eccentric Lord and Lady Marley. Reuben stumbles upon a dark and terrible secret. Something is hidden in the ruined chapel. Something that men would kill for. But before he can share his discovery, the Doctor is whisked away on an important trip.Reuben is left at Marley Manor. He feels terribly alone. Lady Marley is desperate for a child. When a preacher calls, promising her help, she takes his advice and trusts in him despite Reuben's warnings.Reuben is forced to flee. Nobody believes him when he speaks against the preacher. He sets out on a frightening journey, knowing the preacher is never far behind.Reuben is on the run. Follow his chilling story as he tries to escape The Curse of the Ravens.

Rebecca Lisle

Born and educated in Leeds Rebecca spent her gap year as an au pair in France where the view from her bedroom window was Mont Blanc! Living in an old chateau without a TV Rebecca spent a lot of time writing to amuse herself and her charges. After university at Newcastle and Oxford she worked as a teacher - only part time so that she could fit in a few short stories and some romantic fiction. Marriage in 1985 and having children temporarily halted the writing but when her three boys were old enough she was at it again. Now living in Bristol with her husband sons dog and cat. And Rebecca is the happy author of sixteen books and is busily at work on the follow up to THE CURSE OF THE TOADS to be published in 2007 called THE CURSE OF THE RAVENS.