A lyrical, captivating first novel of mermaids, magic, lost worlds, and found souls that deserves the large and enthusiastic audience.
Prospero's Children
โ Scribed by Siegel, Jan
- Book ID
- 107550571
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 213 KB
- Series
- Prospero's Children
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
A Key - lost since the dawn of civilization - is about to be found... A mysterious, isolated house awaits sixteen-year-old Fern and her brother Will for the summer holidays. As the old house reveals its secrets, their familiar world starts to fracture, giving access to a magical and corrupt land destroyed thousands of years ago. For hidden in the house is a talisman which has been sought by the forces of good and evil for millennia. And only someone possessed of the Gift can use it. Soon, Fern finds herself being courted by the enigmatic wanderer, Ragginbone, and the sinister art-dealer, Javier Holt, who know that she has the Gift. Both want her to find the talisman, and use it to unlock the door, but what awaits her on the other side...? This is English fantasy at its finest. Prospero's Children steps into the gap that exists between The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Clive Barker's Weaveworld, and is destined to become a modern classic. ...but what kind of door will it open?
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A lyrical, captivating first novel of mermaids, magic, lost worlds, and found souls that deserves the large and enthusiastic audience.
"Something was lost, long, long ago, before the beginnings of history: few remain who would recognize it, fewer still who would know the secret of its use . . ." It began ages past in fabled Atlantis, when a mad, power-hungry queen forged a key to a door never meant to be opened by mortal man--it