�Exciting and fresh . . . I can�t remember when I�ve been so enthralled. Maybe when I first read Philip Pullman. Wow!��Terry BrooksScant years after a terrible war that shook empires, a six-hundred-year-old ship sets sail for enemy lands in an attempt to forge an enduring peace between the world�s two greatest monarchies. A vast city afloat, the ancient vessel bears a royal bride-to-be; a stowaway tribe of foothigh warriors; an honest young tarboy with a heritage of treason; a rat with a magical secret; and a dark conspiracy centered around the Red Wolf, a legendary and dangerous artifact.When the conspiracy is uncovered, the voyage takes a turn into perilous waters, and the sword-wielding young bride and her quick-witted tarboy companion must face deadly assassins, treacherous mermaids, and monstrous slavers to uncover secrets at the highest levels of power�secrets that will send heroes and traitors alike careening towards a mysterious destination that could destroy both empires at a stroke.A publishing sensation in England, The Red Wolf Conspiracy marks the debut of a remarkably gifted young writer.