Stormchaser (Edge Chronicles Twig Saga #2)
Author(s): Paul Stewart
Since his childhood in the Deepwoods, young Twig has always longed to soar above the forest canopy and explore the sky. Now a lowly crew-member on his father's sky pirate ship, the Stormchaser, his dream seems fulfilled. But a much higher destiny awaits Twig as plots and treacheries from many years ago bring the lofty city of Sanctaphrax - home of the Edgeworld's most learned academics - to the point of disaster. For the city is built on a giant rock, floating high in the sky, its future balance dependent on stormphrax - a valuable yet extremely volatile substance obtained only from the heart of a Great Storm at the very instant it unleashes its most intense power. And only a ship such as the Stormchaser could risk entering the Storm...
General Information
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- : Random House Children's Publishers UK
- : Corgi Childrens
- : 0.288
- : 01 November 2013
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 March 2014
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Paul Stewart
- : Paperback
- : NE
- : 400
More About The Product
The second book of the Twig Saga, part of the bestselling Edge Chronicles.
"Fabulously illustrated ... and written with more than usual elegance" The Sunday Times "A richly inventive fantasy" Literary Review "At the sharp end of today's fantasy novels" The Times "For readers who love fantasy" Independent "Packed with action and adventure. There is a touch of the Lewis Carrolls to its authors' enthusiastic and uninhibited inventiveness and to the illustrations" Starburst
Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell are the creators of the hugely successful Edge Chronicles, which have sold over three million copies and have been translated into over thirty languages worldwide. Their other collaborations include the Barnaby Grimes series and the Far Flung Adventures, the first of which, Fergus Crane, won the 2004 Gold Smarties Prize.
