abarat 3 absolute midnight - Softcover

Clive Barker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007100485 ISBN 13: 9780007100484

Publisher: Harper, 2012

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-10-11 Pages: 570 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK A dazzling fantasy adventure for all ages. the third part of a quintet. richly illustrated by the author.The Abarat: a magical otherworld composed on an archipelago of twenty-five islands - one for each hour of the day. plus an island out of time.Candy Quackenbush. escaping her dull. dull life from the most boring place in our world. Chickentown. USA. finds that in the Abarat she has another existence entirely. one which links her to marvels and mysteries; and even to murder ... In this. the third volume in Clive Barkers extraordinary fantasy for both adults and children. Candys adventures in the amazing world of the Abarat are getting more strange by the Hour.Christopher Carrion. the Lord of Midnight. has sent his henchmen to capture her.Why she wonders.What would Carrion want with a gi...

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From the Back Cover:

“I know that many of you here have waited years for this Hour,” Mater Motley said, using that voice that, though it was barely conversational in volume, was somehow heard everywhere. “The waiting is over. Tomorrow there will be no dawn. Only midnight, absolute and eternal.”

And so begins a new chapter in the epic story of sixteen-year-old Candy Quackenbush and her journeys through the world of the Abarat, where every hour is an island in one eternal day, and nothing is as it seems.

Candy travels through the Abarat from island to island and across the sea with an unlikely band of friends: the escaped prisoner Malingo the Geshrat, the quarrelsome John Brothers, who all share the same body but never the same opinion, and the many other colorful characters they meet along the way.

The problem is that trouble finds Candy wherever she goes. And soon she discovers a secret plot, masterminded by the diabolical Mater Motley, who is obsessed with becoming Empress of the Islands. Her method is simple. She will darken the skies, putting out the suns, moons, and stars. She will bring absolute midnight.

About the Author:

Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times bestsellers Abarat; Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War; and The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed painter, film producer, and director. For twelve years Mr. Barker has been working on a vast array of paintings to illuminate the text of The Books of Abarat, more than one hundred and twenty-five of which can be found within this volume. Mr. Barker lives in California. He shares his house with seven dogs, three cockatiels, several undomesticated geckoes, an African gray parrot called Smokey, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot called Malingo.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0007100485
• ISBN 13: 9780007100484
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608