Book description
Theophile Escargot, cast out of Twombly Town for the crime of stealing
his own pie, bade a midnight farewell to his unfeeling neighbours and
set out on a journey to fabled Balumnia. There he would clash with the
master of an elfin airship and a conniving, marble-stealing dwarf;
battle to save Leta, a beautiful maid possessed by a malevolent witch;
discover magical powers that could make him a hero; and unearth secrets
of the legendary land itself Return to the magical world of The Elfin
Ship and The Disappearing Dwarf in this fabulous book. James P.
Blaylock was born in Long Beach, California, in 1950, and attended
California State University, where he received an MA. He was befriended
and mentored by Philip K. Dick, along with his contemporaries K. W.
Jeter and Tim Powers, and is regarded - along with Powers and Jeter - as
one of the founding fathers of the steampunk movement. Winner of two
World Fantasy Awards and a Philip K. Dick Award, he is currently
director of the Creative Writing Conservatory at the Orange County High
School of the Arts, where Tim Powers is Writer in Residence.
