X-isle

Steve Augarde

David Fickling

Once Upon a Time in the North

***** THE BOOK OF DUST, the long-awaited new novel from Philip Pullman set in the world of His Dark Materials, has been hailed by the New York Times as "A stunning achievement"***** In this prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, Lee Scoresby--Texan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacqua--is just 24 years old, and he's recently won his hot-air balloon in a poker game. He finds himself floating North to the windswept Arctic island of Novy Odense, where he and his hare daemon Hester are quickly tangled in a deadly plot involving oil magnate Larsen Manganese, corrupt mayoral candidate Ivan Poliakov, and Lee's longtime nemesis from the Dakota Country: Pierre McConville, a hired killer with at least twenty murders to his name. It's only after Lee forms an alliance with one of the island's reviled armored bears that he can fight to break up the conspiracy in a gun-twirling classic western shoot out--and battle of wits. This exquisite clothbound volume features the illustrations of John Lawrence, a removable board game—Peril of the Pole—on the inside back cover, and a glimpse for Pullman fans into the first friendship of two of the most beloved characters in the His Dark Materials trilogy: Lee Scoresby and armored bear Iorek Byrnison.

Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Het was altijd rond zonsondergang als ze werden gezien. In dat schemeruur, wanneer de wanden tussen de werelden dun werden, konden er vreemde dingen door de kieren glippen. En soms, zo wilden de verhalen, verschenen er dan betoverde eilanden in de lege oceaan ten westen van Wildzee.\nToen Ultra als baby op het strand van het eiland Wildzee aanspoelde, werd ze geadopteerd door Andrew Donker, de Wachter van Wildzee. Als hij elf jaar later dood wordt gevonden op datzelfde strand, met stenen in zijn zakken, verandert alles. Want wie houdt er nu de wacht om het eiland te waarschuwen voor het gevaar in die geheimzinnige oceaan?\nEen magische en spannende vertelling over vriendschap, familie en de kracht van de zee, van de prijswinnende auteur Philip Reeve.

Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep

PHILIP REEVE

Beauty

Robin McKinley

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