Deeplight
A dark underwater fantasy from the Costa Award-winning author of The Lie Tree
Published on 31. October 2019
416 pages
978-1-5098-3696-3 (ISBN)
Description
Enter a fantastical, underwater world in Deeplight, from Frances Hardinge, the Costa Award-winning author of The Lie Tree.
'One of our finest storytellers' - Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent
On the streets of the Island of Lady's Crave live 14-year-old urchins Hark and his best friend Jelt. They are scavengers: diving for relics of the gods, desperate for anything they can sell. But there is something dangerous in the deep waters of the undersea, calling to someone brave enough to retrieve it.
When the waves try to claim Jelt, Hark will do anything to save him. Even if it means compromising not just who Jelt is, but what he is . . .
'One of our finest storytellers' - Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent
On the streets of the Island of Lady's Crave live 14-year-old urchins Hark and his best friend Jelt. They are scavengers: diving for relics of the gods, desperate for anything they can sell. But there is something dangerous in the deep waters of the undersea, calling to someone brave enough to retrieve it.
When the waves try to claim Jelt, Hark will do anything to save him. Even if it means compromising not just who Jelt is, but what he is . . .
Reviews / Votes
Hardinge creates an entire world and furnishes it with wonders. Pure magic. -- M.R. Carey, author of <i>The Girl With All the Gifts</i> Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now -- Patrick Ness In Deeplight, Hardinge's unparalleled, terrifying imagination illuminates an underwater world filled with the potent debris of departed gods, and the desperate ambitions of the humans who seek it. No one else writes quite like her - every new book is something extraordinary to be celebrated. -- Imogen Russell Williams Electrifyingly good -- Amanda Craig * New Statesman * A novel by Hardinge is always an event * Sunday Times * Frances Hardinge has joined the company of writers whose books I will always seek out and read -- Garth Nix There is no mistaking the distinctive voice and vividly crafted prose of Frances Hardinge. She is a writer who delights in language, and whose stories fizz with ideas, allusions and eccentric detail * Metro *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 years
File size
1,64 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5098-3696-3 (9781509836963)
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Person
Frances Hardinge spent a large part of her childhood in a huge old house that inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read English at Oxford University, then got a job at a software company. However, a few years later a persistent friend finally managed to bully Frances into sending a few chapters of Fly By Night, her first children's novel, to a publisher. Macmillan made her an immediate offer. The book went on to publish to huge critical acclaim and win the Branford Boase First Novel Award. She has since written many highly acclaimed children's novels, including Fly By Night's sequel Twilight Robbery, as well as the Carnegie-shortlisted Cuckoo Song and the Costa Book of the Year winner, The Lie Tree.
