The Mad Apprentice
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2015
Summary
Anyone can get lost in a book. But it’s a lot more dangerous when it happens to Alice …
Old Readers are supposed to live for ever, magically inhabiting the spaces between stories. They’re not supposed to die.
But they can be murdered.
When an ancient Reader is killed, seemingly by his own apprentice, the hierarchy of the magical world tumbles and its spider web of alliances begin to unravel.
Now it’s up to Alice and the remaining apprentices to sort out the mes…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552568685 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552568686 |
| Author: | Django Wexler |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Corgi Childrens |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2015 |
| Weight: | 245g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 21mm |
| Series: | The Forbidden Library |
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Wexler is an able builder of magical worlds and creatures, with labyrinths, an enchanted library, and a feisty, swashbuckling heroine at the centre. A story rich in action and allegory.
Wexler is an able builder of magical worlds and creatures, with labyrinths, an enchanted library, and a feisty, swashbuckling heroine at the centre. A story rich in action and allegory. * Kirkus Reviews *
About The Author
Django Wexler
Django Wexler is the author of flintlock fantasy series The Shadow Campaigns, middle grade fantasy The Forbidden Library, and YA fantasy The Wells of Sorcery. His latest is the fantasy comedy How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying. In his former life as a software engineer, he worked on AI research and programming languages. He currently lives near Seattle with his wife, daughter, four cats, and a teetering mountain of books. When not writing, he wrangles computers, paints tiny soldiers, and plays games of all sorts.
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