Inhalt: Abandoned at birth in the perilous Deepwoods, Twig is brought up by woodtrolls. One night, Twig does what no woodtroll has ever done before, he strays from the path. As he progresses through a nightmare world, one desire drives him on: the longing to discover his true identity and his destiny. Schlagworte:Fantastisches, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 285 S. Standort: 7.3 Ste
Inhalt: This second book of The Edge Chronicles tells a new, self-contained story independent of, although rooted in, the exuberant fantasy bestiary and travelogue of Beyond the Deepwoods. Young hero Twig is now reunited with his sky-pirate father as the lowliest crew-member of the flying sailship Stormchaser. In the fanciful physics operating at the edge of the world some stones can defy gravity, like the flight-rock that lifts Stormchaser. Thus the academic community of Sanctaphrax is built on a floating mountain chained to the ground of Undertown below.
Thanks to a tortuous history of corruption in high places the demand for chain-manufacture is forever increasing, leading to massive industrial pollution--because Sanctaphrax's precious, magically superheavy "stormphrax" ballast is gradually being stolen for alchemical use, and Stormchaser undertakes the dangerous mission to find new supplies at the deadly core of a Great Storm. But nothing, absolutely nothing, works out as expected in this madly twisting plot. Schlagworte:Fantastisches, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 394 S. Standort: 7.3 Ste
Inhalt: Far out in open sky, a ferocious storm is brewing. In its path is Sanctaphrax - a magnificent city built of a floating rock and tethered to the land. Only Twig, a young sky pirate captain, can save the city, but first he must venture into the Deepwoods and beyond. Schlagworte:Fantastisches, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 368 S. Standort: 7.3 Ste
Inhalt: In the floating city of Sanctaphrax, fusty old professors scheme and bicker with each other as they study the weather in minute detail - mistsifting, fogprobing, researching the air blowing in from beyond the Edge. But some experiments are best left alone... Quint is the son of a sky pirate captain. He arrives in Sanctaphrax at the request of Linius Pallitax, the Most High Academe, who needs an apprentice he can trust to carry out a series of highly important tasks. Just how important, Quint is about to find out as he and Linius's only daughter, Maris, are plunged into the midst of a terrifying adventure that takes them deep within the rock upon which Sanctaphrax is built. It is here that they unwittingly invoke an ancient curse - the curse of the gloamglozer... Schlagworte:Fantastisches, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 380 S. : Ill. Standort: 7.3 Ste
Inhalt: Fifty years after the floating city of Sanctaphrax was swept away, the Edgeworld has changed. For the worse. Cruel shrykes control the great Mire Road whilst slave labour is endemic. When a young apprentice knight academic, Rook, sets out on a perilous journey through the Deepwoods, he meets a mysterious stranger living with the banderbears and is propelled right into the middle of a dangerous adventure in which a small group of fighters must challenge the dark might of the Guardians of the Night... Set 50 years after the events in Midnight Over Sanctaphrax, The Last of the Sky Pirates is the first of a new trilogy of Edgeworld adventures. Schlagworte:Fantastisches, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 379 S. Standort: 7.3 Ste
Inhalt: High in the crumbling Palace of Statues, oily Vox Verlix - nominally the Most High Academe but no more than a prisoner in reality - is brewing a terrible plot to destroy the goblins and the shrykes at a stroke, leaving him free to take over once again. Rook Barkwater, a young librarian knight, stumbles upon the truth when he is taken captive and forced to work for Rook. But can Rook foil Vox's plan and save the lives of his librarian colleagues? Schlagworte:Fantastisches, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 395 S. Standort: 7.3 Ste
Inhalt: Fleeing from the ruins of New Undertown, Rook Barkwater and his colleagues - the librarian knights, Felix Lodd and his banderbear friends - must lead the escaping population to a new life in the Free Glades. But perils aplenty are ahead for the crowd - not to mention some goblins with plans of their own- A dramatic and exciting conclusion to the Rook Barkwater sequence that takes the reader on thrilling journey across the Edgeworld Schlagworte:Fantastisches, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 418 S. Standort: 7.3 Ste
Inhalt: In the great floating city of Sanctaphrax, blizzards howl through the streets as the Edgeworld descends into an endless winter. Quint, the son of a sky pirate, has just begun his training at the Knights Academy - training that involves heading out over the Edge on tethers to develop his flying skills. But when Quint breaks the rules and head out to Open Sky on his own, he runs into the great sky leviathan known as a cloud-eater, and must use all his skill and ingenuity if catastrophe is not to strike the Edgeworld... Schlagworte:Fantastisches, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 416 S. : Ill. Standort: 7.3 Ste
Inhalt: Quint is travelling with his father, Wind Jackal, on a mission to track down and bring to justice Turbot Smeal, the man who started the fire that killed their family. Having left behind his studies at the Knights Academy, Quint is now eager to learn what it really means to be a sky pirate and to learn from his father. But Wind Jackal is consumed by his desire to capture Smeal - and his judgement is flawed. His actions endangers the lives of his crew - and his son. As they travel from the taverns and backstreets of Undertown and the wonders of the shipbuilders' yards, to the dark dangers of the Deepwoods, where Quint and Maris become separated from the rest of the crew and encounter some terrifying creatures - and finally to the mysterious, ghostly sky-wreck in Open Sky, where they discover the truth about Smeal - and face a new terror... Schlagworte:Fantastisches, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 432 S. : Ill. Standort: 7.3 Ste ISBN: 978-0-552-55127-4
Inhalt: It's the summer of AD 79, and Flavia Gemina the sea captain's daughter and her friends Jonathan the Jewish boy, Nubia the African slave girl and Lupus the homeless beggar boy set sail for the Bay of Naples, to stay with Flavia's uncle near Pompeii. They are soon absorbing in trying to solve a riddle that may lead to treasure. But then tragedy strikes - Mount Vesuvius erupts and the children are fleeing for their lives, in one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded. Schlagworte:Altertum, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 216 S. Standort: 7.3 Law
Inhalt: Flavia Gemina is brilliant at finding things, so it's natural for her to solve mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD79, she acquires a gang of three friends who help her. There is Jonathan, the Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian) who has just moved in next door; Nubia, the African slave girl Flavia's father buys to save her from a terrible fate; and Lupus, a ragged homeless boy who is mysteriously mute. Together they work out who severed the heads of the watchdogs that guard people's homes, and why he did it. Schlagworte:Altertum, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 195 S. Standort: 7.3 Law
Inhalt: AD 79, following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii. Among the thousands of people huddled in refugee camps along the bay of Naples are Flavia Gemina and her friends Jonathan the Jewish boy, Nubia the African slave girl, and Lupus the mute beggar boy. Their discovery that children are being kidnapped from the camps among them the daughter of the powerful Publius Pollius Felix leads them to solve the mystery of the pirates of Pompeii. Schlagworte:Altertum, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 197 S. Standort: 7.3 Law
Inhalt: Jonathan goes on a secret quest to Rome, and Flavia, Nubia and Lupus set out to find him. Their dangerous mission takes them to the Golden House of Nero where a deadly assassin is rumoured to be at work and they learn what happened to Jonathan's family during the terrible destruction of Jerusalem nine years earlier. Schlagworte:Altertum, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 212 S. Standort: 7.3 Law
Inhalt: It's October AD 79. The arrival of a ragged man at the Geminus household sets in motion a series of events which take Flavia and her three friends to an opulent villa by the sea at Laurentum, a few miles south of Ostia. Just off the coast is a sunken wreck full of treasure which could be the answer to all their problems. But someone else is after the treasure, too. As the four children try to recover it, they solve the terrible mystery of Lupus's past. Schlagworte:Altertum, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 214 S. Standort: 7.3 Law
Inhalt: It is December AD 79. In the Roman port of Ostia braziers are lit, hot spiced wine is brewed and soft fur covers are brought out from cedarwood storage chests. It's the season of Saturnalia, a pagan festival where anything can happen. When a Roman widow begins to show a keen interest in Captain Geminus, his daughter Flavia and her friends have to find out if she really loves him or is just after his money. To do that, Flavia has to undertake the twelve labours of Hercules. And there is a lion on the loose! Schlagworte:Altertum, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 216 S. Standort: 7.3 Law
Inhalt: February, AD 80. An imperial messenger summons Jonathan's father to Rome, where the fever which started in Ostia is now threatening to become a plague. Jonathan and his three friends go, too, and need to use all their skills to solve a dangerous mystery for the Emperor Titus. Schlagworte:Altertum, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 215 S. Standort: 7.3 Law
Inhalt: Die Tagebücher des Adrian Mole, der mitten in der Pubertät steckt, sich von allen missverstanden fühlt und deshalb zur Feder greift. Schlagworte:Heiteres, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 187 S. Standort: 7.3 Tow
Inhalt: Ein exotisches Abenteuer im alten Ägypten: Captain Nemheb will den Bau einer mächtigen Pyramide nutzen, um den Grabschatz zu rauben. Damit ihm der Geist des toten Pharaos dabei nicht in die Quere kommt, braucht er jemanden, der ihn während des Diebstahls in Schach hält. Er lässt den 14-jährigen Senu entführen. Doch dieser will sich nicht so einfach für den teuflischen Plan missbrauchen lassen ... Schlagworte:Abenteuer, Altertum, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 298 S. Standort: 7.3 Rob
Inhalt: The second in a series of books that weave fantasy and ancient history, based on the seven wonders of the world. Tia discovers dragons between the double wall that acts as Babylon's defence against invaders. The magic they grant her could be the key to win the war against the Persian king. Schlagworte:Abenteuer, Altertum, englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 309 S. Standort: 7.3 Rob
Inhalt: Two orphaned children are on the run, hiding among the crumbling canals and misty alleyways of the city. Befriended by a gang of street children and their mysterious leader, the Thief Lord, they shelter in an old, disused cinema. On their trail is a bungling detective, obsessed with disguises and the health of his pet tortoises. But a greater threat to the boys' new-found freedom is something from a forgotten past - a beautiful, magical treasure with the power to spin time itself. Schlagworte:englisch Systematik: 7.3 Umfang: 351 S. Standort: 7.3 Fun
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