The Dragons Call Out, and The Ratatoskas Tell of Murder. Come with Us Now. There Is Justice to Be Done. Return to The Magic of The Archipelago... _The Poisoned King_ Is the Dazzling Second Book in Katherine Rundell's Epic and Bestselling _Impossible Creatures_ Series. _'There Was Tolkien, There Is Pullman and Now There Is Katherine Rundell'_ – Michael Morpurgo When Christopher Forrester is unexpectedly woken by a miniature dragon chewing on his face, his heart leaps for joy. For months he's dreamed of returning to the Archipelago – the secret islands where all the creatures of myth still live. But he did not know it would involve a rescue mission on the back of a sphinx, or a plan to enter a dragon's lair. Nor did he imagine it would involve a girl with a flock of birds at her side, a new-hatched chick in her pocket and a ravenous hunger for justice... THE UNMISSABLE SEQUEL TO _IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES,_ WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR, FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR AND THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD 'A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight' – Cressida Cowell on _Impossible Creatures_ 'Readers will seize this with delight_'_ – Philip Pullman on _Impossible Creatures_ 'A masterpiece to rival Tolkien_'_ – _Daily Telegraph_ on _Impossible Creatures_