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Here’s the first book in a brilliant new trilogy by the author of The Navigator. The Ring of Five, set at a school for spies, is full of surprises as well as fascinating questions about loyalty, destiny, and what it means to be a spy.

Danny Caulfield doesn’t know how he ended up at a mysterious academy called Wilsons. A few of the students are pretty scary. Someone tries to murder him. Even the ravens that haunt the school seem to be against him. Yet he also finds friends: Les, an exceptional thief; Dixie, who has an unsettling talent; and Vandra, a physick with special powers.

It turns out that Danny is destined for a terrifying mission. As he embarks on his training, he is shocked and secretly thrilled to discover that he seems to have all the natural gifts of the perfect spy–most importantly, the ability to betray. Eoin McNamee’s background as an author of adult thrillers informs this exhilarating, atmospheric adventure.

Eoin McNamee was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. He is the author of the Navigator trilogy for children, and he is critically acclaimed as a writer of novels for adults, the best known being Resurrection Man, which was made into a film. He was awarded the Macaulay Fellowship for Irish Literature, and has also written two adult thrillers under the name John Creed.

“Abducted on his way to a new school and brought to a world under our Earth, Danny Caulfield joins the student body at the Wilson School for Spies and discovers he is the long sought “Fifth” on a team of baddies determined to take over the Upper World. The mood of this story is dark (treachery and betrayal abound), and the central character, Danny, is not totally admirable or always likable. Danny’s fellow students work as supporting characters but are not terribly well developed, and the adults are pure stereotype. Suspension of disbelief comes easily, though, and the plot, which incorporates fantasy, mystery and espionage, careens from breathtaking incident to hair-raising escape to an exhilarating and amusing climax. Clever twists on folk- and religious lore-vixens, dwarfs, Seraphim and ravens with knowledge and power are among the population-add amusing touches to the story and contribute to the worldbuilding. Give this to fans of Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl series and Catherine Jinks’s Evil Genius books.”
— Kirkus Reviews