There are Rivers in the Sky Frederic Raphael 'A fascinating magic system

'A fascinating magic system

Because in his twelve years

beguiling story of long-buried secrets and dark obsession

tempers run high

at her imposing country mansion

There are Rivers in the Sky Frederic Raphael 'A fascinating magic systemThe breathtaking new novel from the Booker shortlisted, bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. ***** This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives all connected by a single drop of water. In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lies hidden in the sand fragments of a long forgotten poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh. In Victorian London, an