A few months later, Sarah’s friend Sally Mullin conveys news of the queen’s assassination. Silas and Sarah, his wife, decide to raise the baby Silas found as if she were the baby they expected. She is upset because Septimus was stillborn. Just as Silas reaches home, the midwife frantically runs out of the building carrying a shape wrapped in cloth. She says that he must say silent about the baby he found, and raise her as if she was his biological daughter.

Before he reaches his house, Marcia Overstrand, the ExtraOrdinary Wizard who presides over the wizard community, intercepts him. Confident that he can take in another child, he decides to bring her home. With his extrasensory powers, he hears a heartbeat in the snow and uncovers an abandoned baby girl with violet irises. At the beginning of the novel, Silas Heap is walking home after a winter storm, anticipating the birth of his seventh son, Septimus. The book is known for its use of fantasy, creative vocabulary, and character development, which render it an accessible coming-of-age story. In the course of defeating those forces, it’s revealed that the boy is Silas’s son, Septimus.

Silas and another wizard named Marcia later learn of a boy Jenna’s age who is being pursued by evil forces. Believing that Septimus died at birth, his father Silas raises an orphan baby, Jenna, in his place. The first book in the Septimus Heap series, it concerns the origin story of its overarching protagonist, Septimus Heap. With Angie Sage's characteristic humor, beloved characters, and Magykal setting, Septimus Heap: The Darke Toad is a must-read for every Septimus fan.Magyk is a 2005 work of fantasy written by English author Angie Sage. But what Marcia had hoped would be a fun yet educational outing quickly turns chaotic, for it slipped Marcia's mind that tonight is Hallowseeth-the perfect night for Darke mischief to go unnoticed among the revelers. Meanwhile, ExtraOrdinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand has taken her young Apprentice, Septimus Heap, on a field trip to the Port. But first, Simon Heap must get his master to the Port Witch Coven's door, which may require a bit more Darke Magyk-and a much stronger stomach-than he bargained for. In this tale that takes place between the stories told in Magyk and Flyte, the witches want DomDaniel's powerful Darke Toad-and will go to ridiculous lengths to get their hands on it. “A fresh take on the world of magic.”-Child magazineĭomDaniel returns in a hilarious escapade with the witches of the Port Witch Coven. Fans of Angie Sage's internationally bestselling Septimus Heap series will be delighted with this digital original addition: The Darke Toad, a 96-page novella packed with action, humor, and magic!

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