A spellbinding and compulsive novel for young adults set in a mythical, parallel Mongolia
Ongolium, a beautiful yet terrifying country closed off for centuries and facing a desperate and apocalyptic future...
Lily, the shamanic daughter of a nomadic leader who has mysteriously disappeared, journeys to the renamed Mongolian capital, Baatarulaan, in search of her father. There she discovers the city in the throes of revolution—a revolution led by an ambitious and ferociously clever young student named Tengis.
Both Lily and Tengis believe they are spiritually linked to the long-dead emperor Chinggis Khaan, the country's founder and saviour.
But when they meet they immediately realise they are mortal enemies, so, surely, both of them can't be right?
Chris Walker was born in Edinburgh and has lived in Mongolia, China and the Basque Country. He works for a global business strategy consultancy, Chaucer when not writing and lives in Saltwood, Kent.
