Malabron the Night King seeks to turn all stories into one – his story, a nightmare of absolute power. When Will Lightfoot, a rebellious teenager, stumbles into the Perilous Realm where all stories come from, he is unwillingly caught up in the struggle against this ancient evil.

Aided by some of the Storyfolk – including the feisty Rowen, her grandfather, Pendrake the loremaster, Finn Madoc, a knight-in-training, and Shade, the wise and loyal wolf – Will must set out on a dangerous journey and face a host of perils if he is ever to find the gateless gate that will take him home.

This is high fantasy on a grand scale, which imaginatively intertwines well-known stories with Will’s quest to weave an unforgettable adventure.


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Thomas Wharton’s first novel, Icefields (1995), won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book (Canada and the Caribbean), and was chosen as a CBC Canada Reads title in 2008. His second novel, Salamander (2001), was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Rogers’ Fiction Prize. A collection of short fiction, The Logogryph, was shortlisted for the 2006 IMPAC-Dublin Prize. He lives in Edmonton with his wife and three children, and is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Alberta.


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