In the Coils of the Snake
Clare Dunkle's acclaimed fantasy trilogy-- now available in paperback For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from Hallow Hill, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have moved there with no idea of the land's dreadful heritage--until Marak decides to tell them himself. Marak...
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Clare Dunkle's acclaimed fantasy trilogy-- now available in paperback For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from Hallow Hill, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have moved there with no idea of the land's dreadful heritage--until Marak decides to tell them himself. Marak is a powerful magician who claims to be the goblin king, and he has very specific plans for the two new girls who have trespassed into his kingdom . . .So begins the award-winning Hollow Kingdom Trilogy. Now in paperback, these editions welcome a whole new audience to the magical realm that Newbery Award winner Lloyd Alexander calls "as persuasive as it is remarkable."
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780805081107 (0805081100)
Publish date: December 26th 2006
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks
Pages no: 231
Edition language: English
Series: The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy (#3)
Considering that Marak was my favorite character in this trilogy, the last book of the saga started very, very wrong. When it started with "the old goblin", I refused to believe it was referring to Marak. But the last straw, "the straw that broke the camel's back", was that Marak was dying. He was h...
The first two books in the trilogy are much better in my opinion. I did not really care for any of the characters in this one. Most of them seemed like self-serving egomaniacs or spineless wimps. I will likely never read this again, though The Hollow Kingdom is highly recommended.
awesome series. loved it! :)