The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray

By (author): "Chris Wooding"
Publish Date: January 1st 2001
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
ISBN0439598516
ISBN139780439598514
AsinThe Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Original titleThe Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
The Alienist meets Dracula in this gripping, gothic-horror thriller from young UK phenom Chris Wooding.Thaniel, just seventeen, is a wych-hunter. Together, he and Cathaline--his friend and mentor--track down the fearful creatures that lurk in the Old Quarter of London. It is on one of these hunts that he first encounters Alaizabel Cray. Alaizabel is half-crazed, lovely, and possessed.Whatever dreadful entity has entered her soul has turned her into a strange and unearthly magnet--attracting evil and drawing horrors from every dark corner. Cathaline and Thaniel must discover its cause--and defend humanity at all costs.