In 17th-century Cornwall, Jude’s mother was called a witch. Her son is a ‘fi nder’ with a rare and strange power. He can sense the presence of gold wherever it is hidden. But Jude’s talent is dangerous—especially when
he leaves his childhood home after his parents’ sudden deaths. Captured by a sinister, one-eyed sea-captain, he is plunged into terrifying magical adventures on the magnifi cent and mysterious Cornish coast. Battling Barbary pirates, slave-stealers and an evil telepathic cat, he is befriended by a family of goldhungry djinns, doomed to dwell for eternity among the legions of the damned unless he agrees to save them...
