When 13-year-old Lily's inventor father vanishes after a Zeppelin crash, Lily's determined to hunt down the truth behind his disappearance, helped by Robert, the local clockmaker's son, and her wily mechanical fox Malkin. But shadowy figures are closing in and treachery lurks among the smoky spires of London - along with a life-changing secret.

When infamous escapologist Jack Door breaks out from Pentonville Prison, he sets out for the town of Brackenbridge, determined to find his missing treasure - the Moonlocket. But when Lily and Robert unwittingly find themselves caught up in Jack Door's search, they discover that Robert's history holds the secret to the Moonlocket's whereabouts...

When a travelling skycircus arrives in Brackenbridge, Lily and Robert can't wait to step aboard . . . But there's something sinister about the hybrid children who appear as part of the act. And before Lily and Robert can do anything, they're captured by shadowy figures and whisked off in the mysterious flying circus to somewhere far, far away . . .

Munulost tě může tížit, chceš-li vzlétnout.
Lily, Robert a Malkin obdrží pozvánku na jedinečné, neopakovatelné představení Kostrounova kolosálního nebeského cirkusu. Už se nemůžou dočkat, až naskočí na palubu! Ale za dechberoucími artistickými kousky létající dívky a chlapce jako by se skrývalo něco zlovolného. Podezřelá principálka, madame Lvíhříva, brzy odhalí svou pravou tvář i smrtící plán, jenž pro Lily a ostatní nachystala. Skrývá se snad v Lilyině minulosti tajemství, jež jim pomůže uniknout z této hrůzostrašné pasti?
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When the lighthouse no longer shines, what else has the power to guide you to shore? Peter Bunzl, the award-winning author of the Cogheart series, stirs up magic, myth and history in his truly captivating Barrington Stoke debut.