Runcible Jones - The Buried City

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What Ian Irvine says about it;

'It begins about 6 months later. Runcie is back at the grotesque Nightingales, and Grindgrim Academy. He’s not bullied now, but things aren’t much better than they were before, because he’s ostracised by the whole school and his only friend, Mariam, has been sent to school on the other side of the world.

Her parents blamed Runcie for everything that happened to her in The Gate to Nowhere and won’t let Runcie anywhere near her. Runcie has been keeping in contact with her via email, but that suddenly stops and her parents appear, demanding to know what he’s done with her this time.

Mariam has vanished off the face of the Earth and Runcie is sure that the mostrously evil Lord Shambles has taken her back to Iltior, to force her to find the lost city, Anthrimorie, for him. If he gets the treasures in Anthrimorie’s Citadel of Magic, he’ll be all-powerful. And he won’t hesitate to kill Mariam, either. Runcie has got to do something, but how can he, stuck here …'