Dare you steal the king's key? What evil magic hides in his baby skull? The Yak-Yaks are on the war path and their awful king wants to eat Min, his prisoner. Zak is desperately trying to rescue his sister but he has been tricked and is about to be flung down a rocky cliff by a ghastly spirit. And who are the Rising and will they all be slaughtered in one last battle in the desert? Is this how it will all end? Will their father ever be rescued? Be warned ... great excitement await you in this final book of the Midnight Children trilogy. Don't you dare scream