Seventh House

Every criminal family in Europe now knows a Latimer exists. All of them want him.It's Theo's second term at Blackmoor Hall, and his year is off to Venice for the Exchange: two weeks in February as guests of House Sorrel, the oldest family of them all. Canals at night. Carnival masks. A palazzo full of locked rooms.Somewhere in Sorrel's vaults is a page torn from the Ledger, the secret record that holds every family to the peace. It may be in Theo's father's handwriting, and Theo's crew has to steal it before someone else does.But someone is selling Theo's every move. His bodyguard Hush, a silent girl from an order of assassins, can keep every door in Venice, except the ones he walks through himself. And his best friend Cass is about to find out exactly what her family is willing to sell.There's a masked ball, a poison garden, a chase across the rooftops of Venice, and a clock counting down to midnight on the last night of Carnival.This time, finding the answer won't be enough. Theo will have to decide who he trusts.The second book in the Blackmoor Hall series, for readers aged 9–14.