The Child Thief: A Novel Paperback - 2010
by Brom
- Used
- Paperback
Acclaimed artist Brom turns his first full-length, adult novel into a dark, twisted retelling of Peter Pan, in which "The Child Thief" recruits refugees and runaways as child soldiers in a never-ending war.
Description
About Ergodebooks Texas, United States
Our goal is to provide best customer service and good condition books for the lowest possible price. We are always honest about condition of book. We list book only by ISBN # and hence exact book is guaranteed.
We have 30 day return policy.
Details
- Title The Child Thief: A Novel
- Author Brom
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used:Good
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Voyager, Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.
- Date 2010-08-17
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # DADAX0061671347
- ISBN 9780061671340 / 0061671347
- Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 7.1 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 18.03 x 3.05 cm)
-
Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Horror fiction
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
From the rear cover
Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief--and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life, but his promised land is not Neverland.
Fourteen-year-old Nick would have been murdered by the drug dealers preying on his family had Peter not saved him. Now the irresistibly charismatic wild boy wants Nick to follow him to a secret place of great adventure, where magic is alive and you never grow old. Even though he is wary of Peter's crazy talk of faeries and monsters, Nick agrees. After all, New York City is no longer safe for him, and what more could he possibly lose?
There is always more to lose.
Accompanying Peter to a gray and ravished island that was once a lush, enchanted paradise, Nick finds himself unwittingly recruited for a war that has raged for centuries--one where he must learn to fight or die among the "Devils," Peter's savage tribe of lost and stolen children.
There, Peter's dark past is revealed: left to wolves as an infant, despised and hunted, Peter moves restlessly between the worlds of faerie and man. The Child Thief is a leader of bloodthirsty children, a brave friend, and a creature driven to do whatever he must to stop the "Flesh-eaters" and save the last, wild magic in this dying land.
