The Oracle

This is the MP3-CD unabridged audio book of the first part of a dramatic trilogy.

In a land without rain, the people turn to the Archon, 'the god on earth', to end their suffering and, for their sake, the old man must make a terrible sacrifice.

Suddenly Mirany, a young priestess, finds herself thrust unwillingly into a desperate struggle to find the child who will be the new Archon. And the only help that she can find are Oblek, a drunken musician and Seth, a conniving scribe.

If she fails, General Argelin and the high priestess Hermia will install a false candidate of their own and so gain absolute power.

Nominated for the Whitbread Children's Book Award, Catherine Fisher's writing transports us to a mystic ancient world where people are the tools of the gods.