Book description
A dazzling fantasy adventure for all ages, the third part of a quartet
appearing at two yearly intervals, richly illustrated by the author.
The Abarat:a magical otherworld composed on an archipelago of
twenty-five islands - one for each hour of the day, plus an island out
of time.
Candy Quackenbush, escaping her dull, dull life from the most boring
place in our world, Chickentown, USA, finds that in the Abarat she has
another existence entirely, one which links her to marvels and
mysteries; and even to murder…
In this, the third volume in Clive Barker's extraordinary fantasy for
both adults and children, Candy's adventures in the amazing world of the
Abarat are getting more strange by the Hour. Christopher Carrion, the
Lord of Midnight, has sent his henchmen to capture her. Why? she
wonders. What would Carrion want with a girl from Minnesota? And why is
Candy beginning to feel that the world of the Abarat is familiar to her?
Why can she speak words of magic she doesn't even remember learning?
There is a mystery here. And Carrion, along with his fiendish
grandmother, Mater Motley, suspects that whatever Candy is, she could
spoil his plans to take control of the Abarat.
Now Candy's companions must race against time to save her from the
clutches of Carrion, and she must solve the mystery of her past before
the forces of Night and Day clash and Absolute Midnight descends upon
the islands.
A final war is about to begin. And Candy is going to need to make some
choices that will change her life forever… Praise for ABARAT III:
Absolute Midnight illustrated hardback edition:
“True moments of terror vie for attention with the flora and fauna of
Abarat … All in all, fans will revel” - Kirkus Book Reviews
“Readers will agree with Candy: 'So much still to do: to explore, to
solve, to feel.'” - Booklist
Praise for ABARAT I illustrated hardback edition:
“ABARAT is more than just a new and major contender. It is (like his
earlier book, THE THIEF OF ALWAYS) full of a level of beautiful terror
that children are still just able to bear”
Independent
“Always creating and always pushing into the furthest reaches of the
human mind, he is an artist in every sense of the word. He is the great
imaginer of our time”
Quentin Tarantino Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two
books, including the New York Times bestsellers Abarat; Abarat: Days of
Magic, Nights of War; and The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed
painter, film producer, and director. For twelve years Mr. Barker has
been working on a vast array of paintings to illuminate the text of The
Books of Abarat, more than one hundred and twenty-five of which can be
found within this volume.
Mr. Barker lives in California. He shares his house with seven dogs,
three cockatiels, several undomesticated geckoes, an African gray parrot
called Smokey, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot called Malingo.
