The Midnight Palace

From the author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, the haunting story of a
secret society and a labyrinthine railway station with a dark past.


The book begins with a chase through the streets of Calcutta in May 1916.
Lieutenant Peake pauses for breath outside the ruins of the Jheeter's Gate station
knowing that he only has a few hours to live. Inside his overcoat he is sheltering
two newborn babies - twins, a boy and a girl. Pursued by his would-be assassins,
Peake runs at full tilt to the house of Aryami Bose, to whom he entrusts the
children.
In 1932 we meet the boy, Ben, and his group of friends the night before they are
due to leave St Patrick's orphanage. They have formed a secret club that meets
each week at midnight in the old ruin they have christened The Midnight Palace.
Their final meeting is due that evening but then Aryami Bose turns up at the
orphanage with Sheere, Ben's sister, and tells them the tragic story of the parents
they never knew. But as the novel unfolds, there is more to this story than meets
the eye and they are lured by a shadowy figure from the past into a final showdown
in the ruins.