Synopses & Reviews
Candy Quackenbushs adventures in the Abarat are getting stranger by the hour. Why has the Lord of Midnight sent his henchman after her? Why can she suddenly speak words of magic? Why is the world
familiar?
Candy and her companions must solve the mystery of her past before the forces of Night and Day clash and Absolute Midnight descends upon the islands.
A final war is about to begin.
Review
"No other writer...could have conceived or created it." Washington Post
Review
"[T]his sequel again establishes Barker as the Salvador Dali of the fantasy set." VOYA
Review
"Over 125 bright, bold full-color paintings by Barker accompany the text, depicting the many fantastic and often spine-chilling characters and settings. Fans of the first book will welcome this with open arms." KLIATT
About the Author
Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the
New York Times bestsellers
Abarat;
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War; and
The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed painter, film producer, and director. For twelve years Mr. Barker has been working on a vast array of paintings to illuminate the text of
The Books of Abarat, more than one hundred and twenty-five of which can be found within this volume.
Mr. Barker lives in California. He shares his house with seven dogs, three cockatiels, several undomesticated geckoes, an African gray parrot called Smokey, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot called Malingo.
Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times bestsellers Abarat; Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War; and The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed painter, film producer, and director. For twelve years Mr. Barker has been working on a vast array of paintings to illuminate the text of The Books of Abarat, more than one hundred and twenty-five of which can be found within this volume.
Mr. Barker lives in California. He shares his house with seven dogs, three cockatiels, several undomesticated geckoes, an African gray parrot called Smokey, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot called Malingo.