New York: Scholastic - The Chicken House, 2007. SIGNED first edition - A fresh take on chivalry, knights and magic with a feisty heroine by the author of INKSPELL and THE THIEF LORD. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Illustrated with drawings by the author SIGNED on title page. A rather uncommon advance issue, especially so signed, and this is presumably the earlier of two variants with the illustration on the front cover, but not the title. 212 pp.