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The Palace of Glass
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
The Palace of Glass
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Django Wexler
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Series | The Forbidden Library |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:368 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780552568692
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Classifications | Dewey:813.6 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Penguin Random House Children's UK
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Imprint |
Corgi Childrens
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Publication Date |
5 May 2016 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Django Wexler's third story featuring the inimitable Alice Creighton, in this fabulous fantasy series destined to become a modern classic. For Alice, danger threatens from inside the library as well as out. Having figured out the role her master and uncle, Geryon, played in her father's disappearance, Alice turns to Ending - the mysterious, magical giant feline and guardian of Geryon's library - for a spell to incapacitate Geryon. But, like all cats, Ending is adept at keeping secrets and Alice doesn't know the whole story. Once she traps Geryon with Ending's spell, there's no one to stop the other Readers from sending their apprentices to pillage Geryon's library. As Alice prepares to face an impending attack from the combined might of the Readers, she gathers what forces she can - the apprentices she once thought might be her friends, the magical creatures imprisoned in Geryon's library - not knowing who, if anyone, she can trust.
Author Biography
Django Wexler graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with degrees in creative writing and computer science, and worked for the university in artificial intelligence research. Eventually he migrated to Microsoft and Seattle, where he now lives with two cats and a teetering mountain of books. When not planning Shadow Campaigns, he wrangles computers, paints tiny soldiers, and plays games of all sorts. www.djangowexler.com @DjangoWexler
ReviewsWexler is an able builder of magical worlds and creatures, with labyrinths, an enchanted library, and a feisty, swashbuckling heroine at the centre. A story rich in action and allegory. * Kirkus Reviews *
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