by Paul Stewart
MIDNIGHT OVER SANCTAPHRAX
Far out in Open Sky, a ferocious storm is brewing. In its path is the city of Sanctaphrax …
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THE EDGE CHRONICLES
THE ROOK TRILOGY
Follow the adventures of Rook in the second age of flight!
THE LAST OF THE SKY PIRATES
Rook dreams of becoming a librarian knight, and sets out on a dangerous journey into the Deepwoods and beyond. When he meets the last sky pirate, he is thrust into a bold adventure …
VOX
Rook becomes involved in the evil scheming of Vox Verlix – can he stop the Edgeworld falling into total chaos?
FREEGLADER
Undertown is destroyed, and Rook and his friends travel, with waifs and cloddertrogs, to a new home in the Free Glades.
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‘Brilliant illustrations and magical storylines’ Tom, 14
COMING SOON
THE IMMORTALS
Five hundred years into the the third age of flight and mighty phraxships steam across the immensity of the Deepwoods, plying their lucrative trade between the three great cities. Nate Quarter, a young lamplighter from the mines of the eastern woods, is propelled on an epic journey of self-discovery that encompasses tournaments, battles, revolutions and a final encounter with the Immortals themselves.
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A DAVID FICKLING BOOK
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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Copyright © 2008 by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
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