Faerie Wars (Faerie Wars Chronicles) - Softcover

Brennan, Herbie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1582349436 ISBN 13: 9781582349435

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2004

Synopsis

When Henry Atherton helps Mr. Fogarty clean up around his house, he expects to find a mess and a cranky old man; what he doesn't expect to find is Pyrgus Malvae, crown prince of the Faerie realm, who has escaped the treacherous Faeries of the Night by traveling to the human world through a portal powered by trapped lightning. An egomaniacal demon prince, greedy glue factory owners Brimstone and Chalkhill, and the nefarious Lord Hairstreak, leader of the Faeries of the Night, all dream of ruling the Faerie realm and are out to kill Pyrgus. Enlisting the help of his sister, Holly Blue, and his new friend, Henry, Pyrgus must get back to the Faerie world alive before one of his many enemies gets to him instead. But how many portals are open, and can Pyrgus find the right one before it falls into the wrong hands?
Conjuring scenes filled with vivid color, unforgettable detail, and fearless characters, author Herbie Brennan brings readers to the Faerie world, where nothing is ever what it seems and no one can be trusted.

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"I meant to read this book at my leisure; I ended up missing two meals and an important phone call." -Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl

About this title

About the Author:

Herbie Brennan lives in County Carlow, Ireland. He is the author of many very successful books for adults and children including Fairy Nuff and Frankenstella and the Video Store Monster, both published by Bloomsbury.

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CORNERED!

It would only be a matter of time before his pursuers reached the gate. Pyrgus didn’t think they’d climb over, but they might bribe a guard to let them in. In any case, he couldn’t afford to hang around. He was about to make a dash across the yard when a fat rat darted from one of the buildings. It had got no more than six feet when a cobblestone exploded.
Pyrgus froze as chips of stone and bits of rat rained down on him. Chalkhill and Brimstone had laid minesaround their factory? He shivered. He’d been about to run across those cobbles.
What were Chalkhill and Brimstone trying to hide? A minefield was more than the usual Faerie-of-the-Night suspicion, way more than anything you’d do to protect a formula for glue.
What was going on in the factory?

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1582349436
• ISBN 13: 9781582349435
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384