The Fall
by:
Garth Nix (author)
S. Rauling (author)
Bestselling author Garth Nix's amazing Seventh Tower series is back--now with a great new look!Tal has lived his whole life in darkness. He has never left his home, a mysterious castle of seven towers. He does not see the threat that will tear apart his family and his world. But Tal cannot...
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Bestselling author Garth Nix's amazing Seventh Tower series is back--now with a great new look!Tal has lived his whole life in darkness. He has never left his home, a mysterious castle of seven towers. He does not see the threat that will tear apart his family and his world. But Tal cannot stay safe forever. When danger strikes, he must desperately climb the Red Tower to steal a Sunstone. He reaches the top...and then he falls into a strange and unknown world of warriors, iceships, and hidden magic. There Tal makes an enemy who will save his life--and who holds the key to his future.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780439176828 (0439176824)
Publish date: July 1st 2000
Publisher: Scholastic Books
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Series: The Seventh Tower (#1)
The first volume in a fantasy sequence running to at least five parts. This is not Nix on top form but then it appears to be older than the Old Kingdom books (easily Nix' best work in my view) - it was first published in the USA in 2000 but did not see a British edition until 2007. Part two is now...
+ Worldbuilding, fast action, compelling protagonist- A little underwritten, shape of overall narrative not yet clearThis is the first of a 6-book series intended for younger readers. As such, the narrative seems a little thin fro
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