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A power‑hungry Vicar, Obadiah Demurral, attempts to become a god by harnessing dark magic in the quiet town of Thorpe. Raphah, who has traveled from Africa to retrieve an artifact taken from his temple and sold to Demurral, joins forces with local teens Kate and Thomas. Together they race against time to recover the relic and stop the Vicar’s ambition from spiraling into evil.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Fantasy
Authors: G. P. Taylor
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