The Scent of Magic (Doomspell #2)

Cliff McNish

Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
3.83 · 12 ratings · 244 pages · Published: 18 Oct 2001
The Scent of Magic by Cliff McNish
Rachel and her brother are extraordinary. She is a spell-maker. He is a destroyer of spells. The High Witch, Heebra, wants Rachel and Eric crushed, and her enemies, the Wizard's, destroyed. A party of witches is dispatched to find the thousands of children with powers like Rachel's, and turn them into a ferocious army. Can Rachel and Eric stop the witches and win the battle between good and evil?
The second instalment of the classic Doomspell Trilogy.

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The Scent of Magic continues The Doomspell story, but if anything the characterisations are deeper, the plot even more intriguing, and it is all carried off with a verve, pace and sheer passion for pure storytelling that make his novels so compulsive.  Amazon

McNish tells a rattling good tale, and his well-plotted narrative races through some excellent twists and turns to a spectacular climax. The Daily Telegraph
 
The language used is rich and evocative, full of visual and sensory imagery it captures the readers interest and imagination from the beginning and holds it with ease to the end.  School Librarian
 
This is a children’s book full of inventive touches great ideas, evocative descriptions, and page-turning pace. Vector
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