Black Arts: The Books of Pandemonium - Couverture rigide

Prentice, Andrew; Weil, Jonathan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0385615132 ISBN 13 : 9780385615136

Editeur : David Fickling Books, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Elizabethan London: a teeming city of traders and thieves, courtiers and preachers, riff-raff and quality, cut-throats - and demons. When scrunty Jack the 'Judicious Nipper' picks the wrong pocket at the Globe Theatre, he finds himself mixed up in an altogether more dangerous London than he could have imagined - a city in which magic is real and deadly.

An outbreak of devil-worship has led to a wave of anti-witch fervor whipped up by the Elect, a mysterious group of Puritans recognizable from their red-stained right hands, led by the charismatic Nicholas Webb, a growing power at Court. Rumour has it that he wants to purge the city entirely and build a New Jerusalem. Jack has his own reason for hating him: he saw him kill his mother.

Helped by Beth Sharkwell the Thief Princess of Lambeth, Kit Morely the Intelligencer and Dr Dee the Queen's Wizard, Jack pits himself against Webb's Puritans. But this is no straightforward struggle. Things are not as they seem. In fact, ever since his encounter with Webb, there has been something wrong with Jack's vision. He keeps seeing things. Demons.

Black Arts is the first in a series of thrilling time-travel adventures, each bringing the past to glorious life, as Jack and his companions hurtle from one epic struggle to the next.

Revue de presse :

"I really, really enjoyed it. I think it's a brilliant book, a great blend of action, adventure, magic, horror and humour. Plus the language is top notch . . . A period book that will work very well for modern readers" (Charlie Higson)

"Extremely impressive . . . Black Arts is a complete, self-contained and wholly satisfying novel in its own right. This is a sparkling and intelligent debut" (Philip Ardagh Guardian)

"I thoroughly enjoyed Black Arts and have put my name straight down for the second in this Books of Pandemonium series. We know what we want from a fantasy adventure and that's action, characters we can love or love to hate, and as much swag as the pages can fit. And Black Arts gives us all these things with gusto." (Jill Murphy BookBag)

"Prentice and Weil do know how to spin a thrilling yarn . . . Devilishly good fun" (Suzi Feay Financial Times)

"Roistering and sweaty, full of magic and mischief is Black Arts by Prentice and Weil. The authors' use of contemporary slang is brilliant" (Philip Womack Literary Review)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: David Fickling Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0385615132
• ISBN 13: 9780385615136
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 496