Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 423 pages; Physical description: 423 p. ; 23 cm. Summary: When the magic that protects their Valley starts to fail, Tilja and her companions journey into the evil Empire to find the ancient magician Faheel, who originally cast those spells. Subjects: Magic -- Juvenile fiction.Fantasy -- Juvenile fiction -- Young adult fiction.
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The people of the Valley have been protected by powerful magic for twenty generations. No enemies from the Empire on its borders can penetrate the poisoned forests to the south or the deadly glaciers to the north. But the spell is weakening...Setting out to challenge the might of the evil Emperor and his powerful magicians are young Tilja, her three companions and an obstinate horse. They must seek a mythical figure from centuries ago - and on their long and perilous journey Tilja discovers her own strange power. It will enable her to enter the Empire's most guarded fortress, and discover the identity of the one they call the Ropemaker - a man who controls the rope of time itself...Peter Dickinson's first novel of high fantasy is a work of extraordinary inventiveness, rich and vast in its scope - creating a new and brilliant world for all readers who love the power of magic.
Peter Dickinson is one of the UK's most acclaimed children's writers. He has won the Carnegie Medal twice, for City of Gold and Tulku, the Whitbread Children's Award twice, for AK and Tulku, and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award for The Blue Hawk. He is the author of many books for children, teenagers and adults, including THE KIN, his first book for Macmillan, which was shortlisted for the Carnegie Award in 1999. He was one of the three shortlisted candidates for the first Children's Laureate, alongside Anne Fine and Quentin Blake, and was shortlisted for the International Hans Christian Anderson Award in 2000. He lives in Hampshire.
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Macmillan 2001 First Edition First Printing Slightly bumped at top and base of spine, one page lower edge with a tiny (ca 2mm) tear and page edges lightly age-darkened else Fine book in like Dust Jacket. ''.Tilja and Tahl. must set out on a desperate quest. to find the one man who can renew. ancient power. to utter his name means death. a mysterious stranger. appears in many disguises. friend? Or deadly enemy? And is he the magician who will command the secrets that weave and unweave the rope of time itself? ''. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 116326
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