Lesley Arrowsmith: 7 books

China in the late nineteenth century - but this is not the nineteenth century of the history books.This is a story of intrepid secret agents, Mongolian Book Bandits, and Mad Science.A British expedition to Outer Mongolia has gone missing while investigating the reasons behind a Russian plan to build...

After her adventure in Mongolia, in The Secret of Saynshand, Li Bic is sent to a country house in England to train as a secret agent for the British Empire.Her first solo assignment is to Manchester's Chinatown, where she must discover whether there really is a Chinese plot to take over the Empire.What...

Bran has a Power, and he is driven out of his tribe because of it. The Ice is melting - the world is changing, and babies are being born with new Powers that nobody understands - but there are some in this new world who want to make use of the new Powers, and the people who wield them, for their own purposes.

This is the last in a fantasy trilogy which began with Like Father, Like Daughter, and continued Arian Malcolm's adventures in Quarter Day. It takes place partly in the book town of Hay-on-Wye, in this world, and partly in the fantasy world of Ytir and the Six Duchies. Arian Malcolm is sent by the...

It starts with a boy on a beach. He's running away from home when Arian Malcolm meets him, and he did it by opening a magical Portal to escape. She is sent to the Duchy of Montfermo to find out what has happened to him - and what happens to the magically Talented who are born there. Montfermo has...

In the land of Ytir, the Ard Ri, ruler of all the Great Families, is preparing for war. To invade the Duchies across the great river, he needs the services of a powerful yspridwch - but the young girl he was going to use has been kidnapped by one of his own Harpers. Traitor to his own people, Malcolm...

This is a Young Adult Fantasy, set in the magical world of Ytir. Owain Brecca Morwenna is a young Tiraeg noble who has power over the element of Air. He has been captured by Turkic corsairs, and made to use his Talent in their service. Now he has the chance to escape, and return to his family - and...