Archibald Lox and the Bridge Between Worlds

How it reads

Archibald Lox and the Bridge Between Worlds is fantasy (portal fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are friendship, identity and power and politics. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.

It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 157 pages it's a single-sitting book. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.