Evenfall: The Tempest Stone: The second thrilling adventure in this bestselling series, the epic action continues. The perfect read for children aged 9-12, new for 2026!

by Alexander Armstrong, Tom Roberts (Illustrator)

The Golden Linnet was the number one bestselling children’s debut fiction book and the number one bestselling children’s hardback fiction book!

13-year-old Sam is now the Tempest – head of the secret, ancient Order of the Evening that protects the world from evil. But his work has just begun …

Sam’s nemesis – a madman with the terrifying power to slice through portals of time – is on a mission to destroy the world and Sam and his friends are the only ones can who stop him. This deadly game of cat-and-mouse will take them to the very ends of the earth. And not everyone will survive …

The perfect next read for fans of Ross Montgomery and A.F.Steadman!

Praise for the Evenfall

‘A Da Vinci Code for kids’

– Richard Osman, bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club

'A wild-winged adventure that soars effortlessly to the greatest heights of fantasy!’ – Ben Miller, bestselling author of The Day I Fell into a Fairytale

‘Fast-paced, filmic and folkloric … a thrilling epic of good against evil’

Ross Montgomery, bestselling author of I Am Rebel, Waterstone’s Children’s Book of the Year’

* The Golden Linnet reached number 5 in the TCM top 5000 Children’s chart Week w/e 14-SEP-2024

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Alexander Armstrong's book ' The Golden Linnet' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-09-09.

334 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication February 12, 2026

About the author

An English actor, television and radio presenter, and singer, best known as one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller and as host of the BBC TV game show Pointless.