(W) Ian Edginton (A/CA) D. Israeli. Forget J. K. Rowling. Forget Lemony Snicket. Forget Phillip Pullman. Christopher Grahame is the premier children's author of the twenty-first century. From a handful of homespun tales told to his own children at bedtime* Chris Grahame is now a publishing phenomenon. With his work translated into everything from Aborigine to Zulu* he is the cornerstone of a multi-million dollar* franchise-spewing empire. Is it any surprise then that under all this pressure something has to give? Unfortunately* it's Chris's mind. Stricken by mysterious headaches and blackouts that plagued his childhood* Chris once again finds himself walking the avenues and boulevards of Castrovalva-the fantasy realm he dreamt up as a boy* to while away his recuperation. But like Chris* Castrovalva has also changed. Deluged in mud* blood* and barbed wire* war has come to wonderland. Chris tries to tell himself it's all a bad dream ... so why can't he wake up? * Ian Edginton and D'Israeli also collaborated on Scarlet Traces which Entertainment Weekly gave an "A" grade* calling it "bold and shattering."