it was ok. i liked the way the secrets and family truths are revealed. the birds womens were so scary that when i slept after reading this book,a couple minutes after,i woke up screaming-i had to hange bedrooms. i have never slept in that bedroom ever since.it was not what i expected but it was w...
Ness shook her head. Azuli lay on the back of the carpet, face down, his knuckles white from holding on to the edges. ‘Down,’ Ness gasped, scraping her nails into the fibres of the rug. ‘I know what you’re trying to do and it’s not on! Down, now!’ The carpet pointed nose first and flew down, forc...
She had blankets draped over her arm and a pale, concerned expression. ‘Sally just told me about the picture,’ she said. ‘Have you any idea who put it in your room?’ ‘Haven’t a clue, ma’am,’ Edgy murmured sleepily. ‘I brought you these.’ She offered the blankets, then gave an awkward smile. ‘Not ...
They stumbled and tripped over each other, giving Dakkar a chance to dive to one side. ‘Georgia, run!’ he yelled as he bolted for the door. The barmaid pulled a musket from beneath the bar. A huge bang shook the room, deafening Dakkar and sending the barmaid backward into her bottles and barrels....
In the glow of the fire, men sang and passed food and drink. Gog’s son sat on a huge wooden throne, glowering into the flickering flames. Dakkar shivered. ‘We’re outstaying our welcome,’ he said as he sat at the door of his hut, watching the remnants of the underworld tribes dancing and telling t...
The whole sub rocked and Dakkar and Georgia gripped the back of Borys’s chair tightly. With a loud thump, the Nautilus hit the waves and began to roll with the tide. ‘There,’ Borys said. ‘Expertly done, if I say so myself.’ Dakkar couldn’t help but grin. ‘We should gather in the balloons,’ he sai...