Description
TWO WORLDS. ONE VILLAIN AND A RACE AGAINST TIME. Nicodemus Maladain has entered our world from Balthasar, intent on revenge. Can Toby and Tamurlaine, about to be crowned Queen of Balthasar, defeat him? Time is running out and Malladain holds the upper hand in a land of shadows where no one can be trusted.
The long awaited sequel to Shadow Town, a Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year . Reviews confirmed in FT, Times and Observer.
About the Author
Richard Lambert writes poetry and fiction. His debut novel, The Wolf Road won the Mall Peet Award and was nominated for the Carnegie and picked as a Best Book of the Year by the Times &Sunday Times, Guardian and FT.. His poems have appeared in The Spectator, the TLS, and The Forward Anthology. He is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing at UEA and his short story 'The Hazel Twig and the Olive Tree' was shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short story Award.
Reviews
OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ' Richard Lambert has won many plaudits, his excellent latest The Republic of Dreams returns to the double world of Shadow Town. Over in Balthasar, young queen-to-be Tamurlaine discovers a plot against her life. In our world, her friend Toby must stop the villainous Malladain from recruiting more young Dreamers to that nefarious end.' OBSERVER A thrillingly beautiful fantasy, both epic and intimate, where dreams carry us between worlds, where tree- wolves and half-angels walk at our side, and where the fate of a kingdom hinges on the bonds of family and friends. Deft, delicate, ceaselessly imaginative. Jonathan Stroud
Book Information
ISBN 9781911427285
Author Richard Lambert
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Everything with Words
Publisher Everything with Words
The long awaited sequel to Shadow Town, a Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year . Reviews confirmed in FT, Times and Observer.
About the Author
Richard Lambert writes poetry and fiction. His debut novel, The Wolf Road won the Mall Peet Award and was nominated for the Carnegie and picked as a Best Book of the Year by the Times &Sunday Times, Guardian and FT.. His poems have appeared in The Spectator, the TLS, and The Forward Anthology. He is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing at UEA and his short story 'The Hazel Twig and the Olive Tree' was shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short story Award.
Reviews
OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ' Richard Lambert has won many plaudits, his excellent latest The Republic of Dreams returns to the double world of Shadow Town. Over in Balthasar, young queen-to-be Tamurlaine discovers a plot against her life. In our world, her friend Toby must stop the villainous Malladain from recruiting more young Dreamers to that nefarious end.' OBSERVER A thrillingly beautiful fantasy, both epic and intimate, where dreams carry us between worlds, where tree- wolves and half-angels walk at our side, and where the fate of a kingdom hinges on the bonds of family and friends. Deft, delicate, ceaselessly imaginative. Jonathan Stroud
Book Information
ISBN 9781911427285
Author Richard Lambert
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Everything with Words
Publisher Everything with Words
