Charlie Fletcher Libri

L'Oscurità, entità malvagia e fatta di nulla, deve assumere una forma per sopravvivere. E quando a una fiera popolare avvenuta a Londra cento anni prima ha incontrato frammenti di ghiaccio, ha preso le sembianze di un bianco demone. Oggi il tempo si è fermato nella città sommersa da una tormenta di neve e, all'improvviso, spopolata. L'ostilità tra Destati, statue benevole raffiguranti uomini e Marchiati, mostri di pietra uniti dall'odio per il genere umano, sfocia in una guerra feroce in cui rimangono coinvolti anche Edie e George. Al ragazzo spetta un'ardua missione: eliminare il Demone di Ghiaccio, ma per farlo dovrà risolvere l'enigma delle Sfingi... Intanto Edie compie un viaggio temporale alla ricerca della madre, che come lei era una Scintillante e poteva vedere gli eventi del passato. In realtà, aveva abbandonato la figlia solo per proteggerla. Ma un'altra rivelazione attende la ragazza. Una rivelazione che la legherà indissolubilmente a George...

The Paradox is a gothic fantasy adventure that will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman, A Discovery of Witches and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, from the author of The Oversight

The Oversight trilogy comes to a thrilling end in The Remnant. M. R. Carey says 'exciting, exhilarating, scary and moving in equal measure, The Oversight is a teeming world of dark deeds and dark magics, brilliantly realised'

Alternate cover can be found here. George makes a promise to Edie that anything and anyone trying to get her will have to get past him first. But George is unaware that high on the rooftops an unseen gargoyle is watching them hungrily. The thing on the roof knows that nothing is over, nothing is finished.

The second part of the thrilling Dragon Shield trilogy, from the author of Stoneheart.

The final book in the exciting Dragon Shield trilogy, by the author of Stoneheart.

"Once there were hundreds of members of the Oversight, the brave souls who guard the borders between the mundane and the magic. Now there are only five. When a vagabond brings a screaming girl to the Oversight's London headquarters, she could answer their hopes for new recruit, or she could be the instrument of their downfall."--Publisher's description

'Deep in the City something had been woken, so old that people had been walking past it for centuries without giving it a second look...' When George breaks the dragon's head outside the Natural History Museum he awakes an ancient power. This prehistoric beast, sentry-still for centuries, hunts him down with a terrifying wrath. And this is just the beginning... The taints and spits - statues with opposing natures - are warring forces; wreaking deadly havoc on the city landscape. The World War One gunner offers protection of sorts; and the wisdom of the Sphinx is legendary. But George and his companion Edie are trapped in a world of danger. And worse - they are quite alone. The rest of London is oblivious to their plight. This epic adventure exposes forces long-layered in the fabric of London. After entering its richly original and breathtaking world, the city streets and skyline will never again seem the same!

The start of a thrilling, action-packed trilogy from Charlie Fletcher, set in a world where statues come to life and dragons and heroes battle.

Dospívající Griz žije spolu s rodiči a sourozenci na ostrově a za celý život se nesetkal ani s tolika lidmi, aby z nich bylo možné postavit dvě mužstva a zahrát si regulérní fotbalový zápas. Před několika generacemi totiž lidé až na pár výjimek ztratili schopnost mít děti, a tak teď civilizace leží v troskách a na celém světě přežívá jen několik izolovaných skupinek. Všechno se točí kolem získávání obživy a zásob na zimu, jen občas se Griz spolu s otcem a bratrem vydá na „vikinskou výpravu“ do okolí a v polorozpadlých, dávno opuštěných domech hledají potřebné nástroje a součástky i další užitečné věci, které se kdysi vyráběly. Monotónní život na ostrově však jednoho dne naruší příjezd záhadného cizince. Než se rodina vzpamatuje, odváží si jejich návštěvník řadu věcí, které mu nepatří, a spolu s nimi i jednoho z Grizových psů. Griz to tak ovšem nehodlá nechat a pustí se za zlodějem. Protože ačkoli ze světa už mnoho nezbývá, opravdový konec nastane až poté, co ztratíme naději a necháme to, co milujeme, napospas osudu.