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An atmospheric and riveting fantasy adventure, perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge and Cornelia Funke.
Pip lives on his wits in the city of Clarel. When he pickpockets the wrong man, he finds himself in possession of a strange object - a heart in a silver casket. What's more, the heart seems to be trying to communicate with Pip, and the royal officials who lost it will stop at nothing to get it back.
Pip has unwittingly broken an ancient spell, and his theft will have far-reaching consequences for the whole city. As the ancient war between the Spectres and witches of Clarel reignites, the heart prepares to seek revenge for all it has suffered…
Alison Croggon conjures a rich, immersive world with brilliant and memorable characters in this captivating story of loyalty, courage and friendship.
'I was born as part of a monstrous structure - the grotesque,
hideous, ugly, ghastly, gruesome, horrible relations of power that
constituted colonial Britain. A structure that shaped me, that
shapes the very language that I speak and use and love. I am the
daughter of an empire that declared itself the natural order of the
world.' From award-winning writer and critic Alison Croggon,
Monsters takes as its point of departure the painful breakdown of a
relationship between two sisters. It explores how our attitudes are
shaped by the persisting myths that underpin colonialism and
patriarchy, how the structures we are raised within splinter and
distort the possibilities of our lives. Monsters asks how we
maintain the fictions that we create about ourselves, what we will
sacrifice to maintain these fictions - and what we have to gain by
confronting them.
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Fleshers (Paperback)
Alison Croggon, Daniel Keene
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R494
Discovery Miles 4 940
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The Singing (Paperback)
Alison Croggon
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R293
R242
Discovery Miles 2 420
Save R51 (17%)
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The stunning conclusion to the epic high fantasy Books of Pellinor
series. The Singing is the final instalment in Alison Croggon's
highly acclaimed fantasy series The Books of Pellinor, perfect for
fans of The Lord of the Rings, Trudi Canavan and Garth Nix. The
final book follows the separate journeys of Maerad and Cadvan, and
Maerad's brother, Hem, as they desperately seek each other in an
increasingly battle-torn land. The Black Army is moving north and
Maerad has a mighty confrontation with the Landrost to save Innail.
All the Seven Kingdoms are being threatened with defeat. Yet Maerad
and Hem hold the key to the mysterious Singing and only in
releasing the music of the Elidhu together may the Nameless One be
defeated. Can brother and sister find each other in time to fight
the Nameless One, and are they strong enough to defeat him?
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