History,magicand adventure collide in this riveting middle-grade fantasy novel about an unusual boy who unlocks an ancient relic–and with ita forgotten world. Befriended by a band of young witchesArchibald Finch must quickly adapt to survive in Lemureawhere a battle born in the Middle Ages is still unfolding . . . Archibald is a nervous boy with quirks that earn him plenty of eye-rollsespecially from his older sisterHailee. Things get worse when his parents move the family from London to his grandmother’s creepy manor in the English countryside. Now he has to deal with hairless dolls in the libraryweird stone creatures on the roofand a spooky forest at the edge of the backyard. But these turn out to be the least of Archibald’s problems . . . One dayas he’s exploring the cavernous househe finds a curious globe that whisks him away to a secret worldhidden for 500 years. Archibald finds himself on a thrilling adventure full of medieval magicmysterious symbolsand the strangest beastswhile Hailee–who witnessed her brother’s disappearance–embarks on a daring quest to find him.