The Scent of Magic

Written by Cliff McNish

Narrated by Siân Phillips

The second volume in Cliff McNish's bestselling debut trilogy.

Rachel and Eric have special gifts. She is a spell-maker who can fly, take any shape she pleases, see far and wide with her many-coloured eyes. He is a destroyer of spells.

When a party of Witches are despatched to Earth from the planet Ool, Rachel and Eric are tested to the limit. The High Witch will stop at nothing to destroy them and slay her old adversaries, the Wizards. A breathtakingly exciting story in which armies of Witches and Wizards swoop through the air and thousands of children all over the world are invested with astonishing magical powers.

Read by Siân Phillips

Music by Peter Rinne with Andrew Butler

Abridged by Patricia Saunders

Original text © Cliff McNish 2001© Doomspell Books 2019

• Language: English
• Publisher: Author's Republic
• Release date: Jan 12, 2023
• ISBN: 9781982771942

Cliff McNish

Written when he was almost forty, Cliff McNish's Doomspell Trilogy won him an instant and avid readership and has been published in 19 languages around the world. Since then, he has continued to write fiction, including The Silver Sequence, Breathe, and Angel, and has been hailed as a "great new voice in writing for children" (The Bookseller). Mr. McNish was born in northeastern England. He enjoys playing golf, walking up mountains, and eating as much hot and spicy food as possible. He is married and has a teenage daughter, whose demand for a scary story led to the idea for his first book.