Books in The Illmoor Chronicles series

Lord Curfew has been returned to Dullitch, but things are not as they seem. The real Lord Curfew was brutally murdered and now an evil impostor sits on his throne. Ruthless and hungry for power, he will do anything to sustain his disguise ... and people have started to notice.But, this impostor is a pawn of a much darker force. One that's older than Illmoor itself ...Meanwhile, elsewhere in Illmoor ...King Groan Teethgritt, his brother Gape, and Gordo Goldeaxe discover an ancient and valuable hammer that leads them back to Dullitch. Little do they know they have just unearthed a crucial part of Dullitch's past.Can old heroes reunitre to save the city once again?

A spellbinding magical adventure. Master storyteller Helen Dunmore writes the story of Sapphire and her brother Conor, and their discovery of INGO, a powerful and exciting world under the sea. You'll find the mermaid of Zennor inside Zennor church. She fell in love with a human, but she was a Mer creature and so she couldn't come to live with him up in the dry air. She swam up the stream to hear him sing, then one day he swam down it and was never seen again. He became one of the Mer people! Sapphire's father told her that story when she was little. When he is lost at sea she can't help but think of that old myth; she's convinced he's still alive. The following summer her brother Conor keeps disappearing for hours on end. She goes to the cove to find him, but instead meets Faro, an enigmatic and intriguing Merman. He takes her to Ingo and introduces her to a world she never knew existed. She must let go of all her Air thoughts and embrace the sea and all things Mer. After her first visit she is entranced -- merely the sound of running water makes her yearn to be in Ingo once more. Ingo blood runs strongly in Sapphy and Conor fears she will leave the Air world for good. He pleads with her to ignore her craving for the sea and stay safely in their cottage up on the cliff. But not only is Sapphy intoxicated by the Mer world, she longs to see her father once more. And she's sure she can hear him singing across the water! "I wish I was away in Ingo Far across the briny sea!"

THE YOWLERS have lurked quietly in the alleyways and shadows of Illmoor for centuries. But with a powerful new evil in hand, they threaten to rise once more. As they descend from their rooftop refuge, evil can be seen by moonlight . . . bringing a darkness that promises destruction to all.The second adventure in the Illmoor Chronicles trilogy finds Illmoor in peril once again . . . but this new menace is more deadly than the ravenous rat infestation of Dullitch, and even more diabolical than dark magic.As fate would have it, a band of maniacal misfits is all that remains to defend the land–a cowardly duke, a half vampire with an attitude, and a third-rate thief with a silver-plated heart. In this wild adventure of evil versus almost good, the future of Illmoor hangs in the balance once again.

The third installment in this hilarious and exciting fantasy sequence from a fresh new talent. Groan Teethgrit and Gordo Goldeaxe have looted one village too many, and now the Lords of Illmoor are baying for their blood. Can Duke Modeset, exiled Lord of Dullitch, devise a plan clever enough to topple the duo AND Groan’s equally reckless half-brother? Of course he can’t, he’s next to useless himself...but he does have one secret weapon: an extremely beautiful princess who seems willing to do absolutely nothing for the good of her country