Ruby in the Smoke Author:Philip Pullman "Beware of the Seven Blessings..." — When she first utters these words, sixteen-year-old Sally Lockhaart doesn't know their meaning. But when an employee fo her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally's terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in seach of clues that will solve the puzzle of her father's... more » death. Pursued by villans and cutthroats at every turn, she at last uncovers two dark mysteries. One involves the opium trade; the other a stolen ruby of enourmous value. Sally soon learns that she is the key to both - and that it's worth her very life to find out why.« less