'Oh your Majesty!' Queen Dragon hiccupped, and Lionel was almost blown out of bed. 'Your Majesty, wake up! It's Lily. She's disappeared!' Lily Quench is sleeping peacefully in her hammock under the stars when suddenly she is tipped out, bundled up and thrown down a big black hole! She has been kidnapped by Gordon, the Black Count, and his new followers who have taken Lily back in time to the haunted castle of Mote Ely. Lily finds herself in a race to discover the castle's hidden treasure if Gordon finds it first he will use it to build an army to return to Lily's time and invade her town. But Lily's friends and her dragon slaying great-great-great-great-great grandmother Matilda Drakescourge come to her rescue and together they manage to quench another dastardly plot!

 

This book was recognised in the Fiction - Ages 8-12 Years category by the Aurealis Award.

This book is part of a book series called Lily Quench .

There are 160 pages in this book. It is a novel. This book was published 2004 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Natalie Prior is a writer and an ex-librarian. She is the author of The Paw books, Bog Bodies, Mysterious Ruins, and the Amabel books.