The Neverfear
Discover the epic adventure series loved by readers around the world
Will be published approx. on 27. August 2026
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-4088-9751-5 (ISBN)
Description
'A world of richly-imagined wonder' Cressida Cowell
It's the Midsummer Feast on the Islet of Glimt and on this magical moonlit evening, the word on everyone's lips is bandits. Reports of masked men burning villages are spreading throughout the Archipelago, but worse is still to come: Christopher and Anya are ambushed and one of the people they love most is kidnapped.
The two children - alongside Ratwin the ratatoska and Jacques the Jaculus dragon - set sail on the Neverfear to recover three precious treasures. Together they must face fearsome giants, win a daring race, and outwit deadly enemies to save those they love most.
Discover the magic of Katherine Rundell in the most hotly-anticipated book of the year - the third adventure in the internationally bestselling Impossible Creatures series. Adorned with beautiful blue foil, this hardcover edition makes for a perfect gift.
Awards and praise for Impossible Creatures
WINNER Waterstones Book of the Year
WINNER British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year
WINNER Foyles Children's Book of the Year
WINNER Books Are My Bag Readers Award
'A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight' - Cressida Cowell
'I love Katherine Rundell and everythings she writes. I defy anyone not to lose their heart to her stories' - Maggie O'Farrell
'Readers will seize this with delight' - Philip Pullman
'A masterpiece to rival Tolkien' - Daily Telegraph
'Every sentence sparkles ... Magnificent' - The Times
It's the Midsummer Feast on the Islet of Glimt and on this magical moonlit evening, the word on everyone's lips is bandits. Reports of masked men burning villages are spreading throughout the Archipelago, but worse is still to come: Christopher and Anya are ambushed and one of the people they love most is kidnapped.
The two children - alongside Ratwin the ratatoska and Jacques the Jaculus dragon - set sail on the Neverfear to recover three precious treasures. Together they must face fearsome giants, win a daring race, and outwit deadly enemies to save those they love most.
Discover the magic of Katherine Rundell in the most hotly-anticipated book of the year - the third adventure in the internationally bestselling Impossible Creatures series. Adorned with beautiful blue foil, this hardcover edition makes for a perfect gift.
Awards and praise for Impossible Creatures
WINNER Waterstones Book of the Year
WINNER British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year
WINNER Foyles Children's Book of the Year
WINNER Books Are My Bag Readers Award
'A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight' - Cressida Cowell
'I love Katherine Rundell and everythings she writes. I defy anyone not to lose their heart to her stories' - Maggie O'Farrell
'Readers will seize this with delight' - Philip Pullman
'A masterpiece to rival Tolkien' - Daily Telegraph
'Every sentence sparkles ... Magnificent' - The Times
Reviews / Votes
There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell * Michael Morpurgo * This series is pure class * Daily Mail * A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight * Cressida Cowell on Impossible Creatures * Dazzling ... the imaginative scope of this series remains colossal * The Times on The Poisoned King * A perfect fantasy * Telegraph on The Poisoned King * Readers will seize this with delight * Philip Pullman on Impossible Creatures * I love Katherine Rundell and everything she writes. Her books are treasure troves of glittering wisdom and breath-taking plots; her characters leap off the page, singular, passionate, and satisfyingly complex. I defy anyone to not lose their heart to her stories. * Maggie O'Farrel, author of Hamnet * Katherine Rundell's books are an automatic purchase in my house. She is a magician, one of the great storytellers of our time * Max Porter * One of our Imaginers-in-chief. I am a Rundell Super-fan * Jeanette Winterson *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-9751-5 (9781408897515)
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Person
Katherine Rundell is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children's Book Award, among many others. Impossible Creatures was Waterstones Book of the Year 2023, and in 2024 Katherine was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year and Impossible Creatures won the Children's Fiction Book of the Year. She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature. Her books for adults include Super-Infinite, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize. Very occasionally she goes climbing across the rooftops of Oxford, late at night.