Book description
Since his childhood in the Deepwoods, young Twig has always longed to
soar above the forest canopy and explore the sky. Now a lowly
crew-member on his father's sky pirate ship, the Stormchaser, his
dream seems fulfilled. But a much higher destiny awaits Twig as plots
and treacheries from many years ago bring the lofty city of
Sanctaphrax - home of the Edgeworld's most learned academics - to the
point of disaster.
For the city is built on a giant rock, floating high in the sky, its
future balance dependent on stormphrax - a valuable yet extremely
volatile substance obtained only from the heart of a Great Storm at
the very instant it unleashes its most intense power. And only a ship
such as the Stormchaser could risk entering the Storm...
Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell are the creators of the hugely
successful Edge Chronicles, which have sold over two million
copies and have been translated into over thirty languages worldwide.
Their other collaborations include the Barnaby Grimes series
and the Far Flung Adventures, the first of which, Fergus
Crane, won the 2004 Gold Smarties Prize.
Paul Stewart is the author of a number of previous titles for
children including The Midnight Hand and The Wakening (a
Federation of Children's Book Groups Pick of the Year) for the
Yearling list.
Chris Riddell is an accomplished graphic artist who has illustrated
many acclaimed books for children. Winner of many prestigious awards
including the UNESCO Prize (for Something Else), the Kate
Greenaway Medal (in 2001 and 2004 for Pirate Diary and
Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver') and the Gold Nestlé Prize for
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat, he is also the political
cartoonist for the Observer.
