The Dark Lady Author:Akala A pickpocket with an exceptional gift. A prisoner of extraordinary value. An orphan haunted by dreams of the mysterious dark lady. — Henry is an orphan, an outsider, a thief. He is also a fifteen-year-old invested with magical powers... — This brilliant, at times brutal, first novel from the amazing imagination that is Akala, will glue you to your... more » seat as you are hurled into a time when London stank and boys like Henry were forced to find their own route through the tangled streets and out the other side.« less