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Septimus is on the threshold of his fourteenth birthday, which falls on the shortest day of the year. While everyone celebrates and the Castle is lit with traditional candles, Septimus has greater concerns on his mind. He has finally reached the period in his Apprenticeship known as Darke... read more
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In the sixth book of the Magykal series, Alther Mella has been Banished, a Darke Domaine engulfs the Castle, and a Darke dragon is on the loose. Septimus Heap must use all of his skills to save the Castle and the Wizard Tower from destruction: He must enter the Darke. But he cannot do this... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Septimus Heap: The eponymous protagonist of the series, Septimus spent the first ten years of his life in the Young Army as Boy 412 after DomDaniel attempted to abduct him. As the seventh son of a seventh son, he has exceptional magical powers and is currently apprenticed to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand, who he trusts more than anyone else. He shares his birthday with Jenna, his adoptive sister.
- Jenna Heap: Adopted by the Heap family as a baby in place of Septimus, Jenna is actually the daughter of the assassinated queen, and thus a princess. She is a small girl, with deep violet eyes, fair complexion and wears a deep red cloak with the gold circlet of the princess on her head. Although loving and caring at heart, she can sometimes be very stubborn. She loves her family dearly and would do anything for them.
- Marcia Overstrand: The current ExtraOrdinary Wizard. Ambitious and willful, Marcia is a very powerful wizard. Although she seems stern, bad-tempered and often intimidating, there are a number of instances when she shows she truly has a good heart. She loves her apprentice Septimus dearly and feels great responsibility to protect both him and his sister, perhaps with her life. She also has arguments occasionally with Silas Heap and Jillie Djinn, neither of whom she gets on well with. She is a tall woman, with long, dark curly hair and deep-green eyes, and generally wears a deep purple tunic with her trademark purple python-skin boots. Her symbol and source of power, an Akhu-Amulet, hangs around her neck.
- Alther Mella: A previous Extra Ordinary Wizard that is now a ghost. He mentored Silas Heap as well as Marcia Overstrand who took his place when he was killed. Even as a ghost, he still helps the living, especially Septimus Heap, very much.
- Beetle: A former scribe and best friend to Septimus as well as a friend of Jenna's.
- Merrin Meredith: The apprentice to DomDaniel who was originally mistaken for Septimus Heap
- Jillie Djinn: Chief Hermetic Scibe at the Manuscriptorium and previously Beetle's boss
- Foxo: Beetle's friend who works at the Manuscriptorium as a Scribe
- Tertius Fume: A ghost who caused trouble in previous books but who is banished at the beginning of the book.
First Sentence edit
It is a Darke and stormy night.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue: Banished
1. The Visit
2. Visitors
3. Birthday Eve
4. Apprentices
5. Runaways
6. Choice
7. The Bringer of the Book
8. Chemistry
9. Charming
10. Upstairs
11. A Darke Domaine
12. Boomerang
13. Gothyk Grotto
14. Dagger Dan's Dive
15. Doom Dump
16. Call Out
17. Witch Princess
18. The Emissary
19. The SafeChamber
20. Cordon
21. Quarantine
22. Ethel
23. Safety Curtain
24. Palace Things
25. Simon and Sarah
26. Absences
27. Bott's Bridge
28. Hermetically Sealed
29. Retreat
30. In the Dragon House
31. Horse Stuff
32. Day of Recognition
33. Thieves in the Night
34. The Big Red Door
35. The Longest Night
36. Outside
37. Brothers
38. The Pig Tub
39. Descent
40. Annie
41. Bleak Creek
42. The Darke Halls
43. Dungeon Number One
44. The Wizard Tower
45. Dragons
46. Synchronicity
47. The Great UnDoing
48. Restoration
49. The Chief Hermetic Scribe
What Happened in the Darke Domaine--
and Afterward
Series & Lists edit
This is book 6 of 7 in Septimus Heap. (standard series)
Preceded by Syren.
This book is in 2011 Published Books. (community list)
This book is in Kirkus Reviews: Oh-So-British Fantasies For Children. (authoritative list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Country: England
Publication Date: June 7, 2011
ISBN: 006124242X
Page Count: 656
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Country: England
Publication Date: June 7, 2011
ISBN: 006124242X
Page Count: 656
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ7.13035Da 2011
- Dewey: Add the Dewey Classification.
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