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Ironheart could save humanity . . . or destroy it forever. A classic action-adventure novel for fans of C. S. Lewis and Philip Pullman. First comes the iron and then comes the snow, and then comes the winter when nothing will grow. Since her father went missing while prospecting for oil in Siberia, life has been tougher than ever for India Bentley. Little does she know that he was actually searching for Ironheart, a legendary fortress containing the secrets of the old world. It is a place some say could save humanity--or destroy the world. Along with tech-hunter Verity Brown and her android, Calculus, a killer from the old world turned protector in the new, India must make the journey to remote Siberia to try to find her father and finish his work. But there are others fighting to find Ironheart too, and they have very different goals in mind. If India fails, it won't just be her father who pays the price. It will cost her the Earth.

'Are you afraid of the dark?' asked the spectre. 'You should be. Everyone would be afraid if they knew what lived there.'Life has changed dramatically for India Bentley since discovering Ironheart a year ago. Instead of scraping out a living in London, she's been travelling the world, learning to tech-hunt and doing her best to stay out of trouble. Unfortunately, trouble has a habit of finding her.Falsely accused of an assassination attempt, India is on the run with her mentor, Verity Brown, and scientist Professor Moon: a man obsessed with finding an ancient artefact known as the Bloodstone, the key to a source of unlimited energy, which he believes can be found in the lost city of Atlantis.Pursued by the ghosts of her past, India must be prepared to risk everything to save her friends . . . and the world.