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The Starless Sea

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9781784702861

  • Length: 512  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 351g

  • RRP: £8.99

The Starless Sea

  • the spellbinding Sunday Times bestseller

'A journey of wonder and imagination' Stylist

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.

Discover the enchanting, magical new bestseller from the author of The Night Circus

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.

PRAISE FOR THE STARLESS SEA
'Enchanting read... an ode to stories and storytelling itself, and the joy of reading' Guardian
'Spellbinding' Daily Mirror
'A magical mix of quests and fables...beautifully written' Heat

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9781784702861

  • Length: 512  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 351g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • 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

  • 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

  • A unique, mind-boggling fantasy

    Kate Saunders, The Times

  • Enchanting… [The Starless Sea] vividly detailed worlds of lost libraries, elegant ballrooms and subterranean seas. Myths and fairytales entwine… The writing is whimsically gorgeous. On every page there’s an image to savour… [a] spellbinding book

    Eithne Farry, Sunday Express

  • Enchanting...Myths and fairytales entwine with Zachary's quest to discover his life's purpose. Spellbinding.

    Daily Mirror

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About the Author

Erin Morgenstern

Erin Morgenstern is the author of The Night Circus, a bestseller that has enchanted readers around the world and has been translated into thirty-seven languages. She has a degree in Theatre from Smith College, an ever-growing collection of jewellery made from skeleton keys, and a cat on her lap. She lives in Massachusetts. www.erinmorgenstern.com

Erin Morgenstern

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