The Scent of Magic

The second book in Cliff McNish's best-selling debut trilogy. Rachel and Eric have special gifts. She is a spell-maker who can fly, take any shape she pleases, and see far and wide with her many-colored eyes. He is a destroyer of spells. When a party of witches are dispatched 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. Narrated by Siân Phillips, music by Peter Rinne with Andrew Butler, abridged by Patricia Saunders, and original text by Cliff McNish.