The Broken King

"We saw your sister being taken.  We know what you have to do to get her back.  There are many dangers. You will find help in places you don't expect."

When Simon's little sister is mysteriously snatched away to a dark other world, he is sent by a golden messenger on a dizzying quest to get her back.  With him is Flora, whose brother has also vanished, and a strange boy who rescues them from a violent attack in the middle of the night.  To enter the land fo the Broken King, a remarkable winged-deer messenger tells them that they must complete three tasks: Eat the Shadow, Steal the Sun, Break the Air.  But how do they even begin?  And what lies in wait for them, in the land of the Broken King?

The Broken King, the first book in The Darkening Path trilogy is a thrilling fantasy adventure that takes its cue from Robert Browning’s poem ‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came.’ It tells the story of a boy called Simon who must search for and fight a terrifying enemy when his little sister is snatched away to a dark underworld.

This is intelligent fantasy writing of the very highest order and Philip Womack has been acclaimed as  “the next JK Rowling” by The Daily Mail

You’ll like The Broken King if you like: Narnia, Philip Pullman His Dark Materials, Rick Riordan The Kane Chronicles, The Emerald Atlas