Shakespeare Quartet: The Speed of Darkness : Book 4
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Science fiction, myth, time travel and Shakespearean wit and playfulness combine in a stunning sequence of huge imaginative power - the Shakespeare Quartet ...
The Speed of Darkness concludes the series which began with The Obsidian Mirror, then moved on through The Box of Red Brocade and The Door in the Moon.
In this final volume, a great storm brews out at sea and batters the Devon coast, flooding vast swathes of land. At Wintercombe Abbey the preceding weeks have been spent in a ferment of experimentation, as Jake Wilde's father, David and Maskelyne work furiously on Operation Leah. They have been practising changing tiny events in the past, in preparation for the rescue of Venn's wife Leah from death, the culmination of their work with the Obsidian Mirror. But in the aftermath of the storm, the Abbey is a drowned house. Where is the Mirror? What has happened to the two halves of the Janus coin? Whose is the mysterious boat wrecked up on the nearby beach? And what plans of mischief and mayhem lay in store for Halloween - the day chosen for Leah's return?
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The Speed of Darkness concludes the series which began with The Obsidian Mirror, then moved on through The Box of Red Brocade and The Door in the Moon.
In this final volume, a great storm brews out at sea and batters the Devon coast, flooding vast swathes of land. At Wintercombe Abbey the preceding weeks have been spent in a ferment of experimentation, as Jake Wilde's father, David and Maskelyne work furiously on Operation Leah. They have been practising changing tiny events in the past, in preparation for the rescue of Venn's wife Leah from death, the culmination of their work with the Obsidian Mirror. But in the aftermath of the storm, the Abbey is a drowned house. Where is the Mirror? What has happened to the two halves of the Janus coin? Whose is the mysterious boat wrecked up on the nearby beach? And what plans of mischief and mayhem lay in store for Halloween - the day chosen for Leah's return?
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Product details
- 12-17
- Paperback | 400 pages
- 149 x 198 x 27mm | 318g
- 03 May 2016
- Hachette Children's Group
- Hodder Children's Books
- London, United Kingdom
- English
- 1444926322
- 9781444926323
- 640,007
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Certain to elevate Fisher's status in the world of British fantasy.
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Certain to elevate Fisher's status in the world of British fantasy. * The Daily Telegraph * A wonderful follow-up to The Obsidian Mirror. * Bookbag * A captivating web of fantasy... fantastic. * Daily Record *
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About Catherine Fisher
Catherine Fisher is an award-winning fantasy writer and author of the New York Times bestseller Incarceron. The Oracle was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award 2003, The Conjuror's Game for the Smarties Award, and The Snow-Walker's Son for the WH Smith Mind Boggling Award. She has also been shortlisted and has won the Tir-Na-n`Og Award. Author of many books for children and two volumes of award-winning poetry, she is particularly well-known in Wales and spent two years as the first Welsh Young People's Laureate.
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