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Imprint: Vintage
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Published: 06/08/2020
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ISBN: 9781784702861
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Length: 512 Pages
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RRP: £8.99
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER
Are you lost or are you exploring?
When Zachary Rawlins stumbles across a strange book hidden in his university library it leads him on a quest unlike any other. Its pages entrance him with their tales of lovelorn prisoners, lost cities and nameless acolytes, but they also contain something impossible: a recollection from his own childhood.
Determined to solve the puzzle of the book, Zachary follows the clues he finds on the cover – a bee, a key and a sword. They guide him to a masquerade ball, to a dangerous secret club, and finally through a magical doorway created by the fierce and mysterious Mirabel. This door leads to a subterranean labyrinth filled with stories, hidden far beneath the surface of the earth.
When the labyrinth is threatened, Zachary must race with Mirabel, and Dorian, a handsome barefoot man with shifting alliances, through its twisting tunnels and crowded ballrooms, searching for the end of his story.
You are invited to join Zachary on the starless sea: the home of storytellers, story-lovers and those who will protect our stories at all costs.
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Imprint: Vintage
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Published: 06/08/2020
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ISBN: 9781784702861
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Length: 512 Pages
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RRP: £8.99
Reviews
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"The Starless Sea rejects older stories: it makes its own. Its magic is based in the New York Public Library, in glittering hotels, and the beautiful blatant kitsch of a professional fortune teller’s house. Rather than a traditional fantasy novel, this is an artificial myth in its own right, soldered together from the girders of skyscrapers… the novel’s scope and ambition are undeniable"
Natasha Pulley, Guardian
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"Erin Morgenstern’s fiction radiates with the excitement of someone discovering a magical world within the pages of a book. The Starless Sea…[is an] enchanting read… an ode to stories and storytelling itself, and the joy of reading"
Martin Chilton, Independent
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"A mystical adventure in an enchanted universe"
Time
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"Enchanting...Myths and fairytales entwine with Zachary's quest to discover his life's purpose. Spellbinding."
Daily Mirror
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"A magical mix of quests and fables, it’s set in a secret world full of bees, keys, swords and secrets… beautifully written"
Deborah Hughes, Heat
