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The Story of Cirrus Flux
by Matthew Skelton

Release Date: 5th Jun 2009
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 978 0 1413 2037 3
RRP: £6.99

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Orphans, a mysterious sphere and a sinister Guild determined to capture a great power...

Cirrus is one of many unwanted children cared for within the Foundling Hospital, awaiting his opportunity to make something of his life by joining another household as an apprentice. Unlike the other children though, Cirrus does not have a number on the tag that hangs around his neck – he is the unknown child, the non-existent child – or so he thinks. It is around his twelfth year that circumstances beyond his control begin to conspire against him.

First, there is the odd and frightening stranger who appears to be watching him from the nearby field. Then there is the beautiful, yet cold Madam Orrery – a mesmerist who beguiles people to succumbing under the charm and power of her silver timepiece. Finally, there is the odd little man who uses mirrors to see everything in London. All are intent on finding Cirrus and taking hold of the mysterious sphere his father left to him.

Whilst the story pivots around Cirrus Flux and how he came to own the sphere; the real heroine of the piece goes to Pandora. Just another, anonymous Foundling; Pandora is thrust into the midst of the action when she inadvertently overhears a conversation between the Hospital Governor and Madam Orrery. Her involvement in compounded when she attempts to save Cirrus from capture and it is her character that shines through the text.

See-sawing between past and present events, The Story of Cirrus Flux captures the flavours of scientific enlightenment that gripped London in the eighteenth century. Skelton shrouds what is essentially a sad tale of orphaned children within a rich tapestry of blinding science, whimsical fantasy and inexplicable happenings – like the existence of the “halcyon” bird: a gloriously flammable creature, or a magical timepiece that extracts memories. With his delicate literary manoeuvrings that culminate in a brilliant children’s story, full of adventure, mystery and thrilling danger; Skelton does not disappoint. However, the ending is a little abrupt and leaves you feeling satisfied but not fully sated.

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