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Two boys, living in worlds far apart, are bound by a shared nightmare of disembodied child heads and silent tunnels. Matyas, a harshly beaten youth in a medieval kingdom governed by a wizard academy, rises to become the greatest magician. Simon, adored by his widowed father Jack in contemporary America, endures psychic terrors from childhood. When Matyas discovers that a monstrous magician can survive by devouring children's lives—and has hidden his name to evade defeat—both boys realize they must fight the same great evil at the heart of the world: the Child Eater.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
Authors: Rachel Pollack
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