Deze serie volgt de reis van een jong weesmeisje dat droomt van een beter leven buiten de muren van haar instelling. Haar wereld wordt op zijn kop gezet wanneer ze in dienst treedt bij een machtige magiër, en ontdekt dat magie elk aspect van haar nieuwe omgeving doordringt. Aanvankelijk terughoudend tegenover het occulte, raakt ze al snel verwikkeld in een gevaarlijk conflict. Ze moet duistere krachten trotseren die haar vrienden bedreigen en haar eigen verborgen potentieel onthullen. Dit is een verhaal vol mysterie, betovering en moed.
The grand residence of the famous alchemist, Mr Fountain, is a world away from the dark orphanage Rose has left behind. For the house is positively overflowing with sparkling magic—she can feel it. And it’s not long before Rose realises that maybe, just maybe, she has a little bit of magic in her, too. . . .The first book in an exciting, get-lost-in-the-world series about orphans, alchemy, magical powers and sinister child-catchers.
Now an apprentice magician, Rose is asked to help find a very special missing person Turning the worn pages of her spell book, Rose can't believe how much her life has changed. Once a poor orphan, she is now an apprentice to the king's chief magician. But when the country's beloved princess vanishes, everything changes. As rumors of dark magic fly through the city, the king asks Rose for help. She must find the missing princess, before all is lost.
Další kouzelné dobrodružství s odvážnou Rose! Malá Rose otáčí listy starodávné knihy kouzel a zaříkadel a sotva dokáže uvěřit, jak moc se její život změnil. Ještě nedávno byla jen jednou z mnoha dívek v chudém sirotčinci svaté Brigity a teď je žačkou slavného mága, králova nejvyššího kouzelníka. Pak ale náhle zmizí milovaná princezna a celá země je v ohrožení. Síly temné magie nabývají na moci a jen Rose může pomoci. Podaří se jí najít princeznu, dřív než bude pro všechny příliš pozdě?
A precious mask of unimaginable power has been stolen from the royal palace. Rose suspects that dark magicians are at work – and that danger looms...The race to stop the evil thieves will take Rose to the mysterious city of Venice, where nothing is quite what it seems... Can Rose use her magic to find the terrible mask, before its true powers are revealed?
Time has flown since Rose left the orphanage behind, and she loves her new family at Mr Fountain's magical house. But she still can't help wondering - what happened to her real family? Were they full of magic too, like her? Then Rose discovers a clue to the mystery: a silver mirror which once belonged to her mother. A mirror with a ghost