Publisher Description
Jacob Reckless returns once again to the Mirrorworld--filled with profound characters, extraordinary creatures, and epic life-or-death treasure hunts that could only come from the mind of the master storyteller of our generation, Cornelia Funke. Jacob Reckless has only a few months left to live. He's tried everything to shake the Fairy curse that traded his life for his brother's--legends such as the All-Healing Apple, the Well of Eternal Youth, the blood of a northern Djinn. And yet hope after hope is extinguished. After months of fruitless searching, Jacob journeys through his father's mirror one final time to deliver the bad news to Fox. But there they hear of one last possibility--an item so legendary that not even Mirrorworlders believe it exists: a crossbow that can kill thousands, or heal one, when shot through the heart. But a Goyl treasure hunter is also searching for the prized crossbow. Jacob must find it first--and somehow convince Fox to do whatever it takes to save him.
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“Recognizable fairy-tale lore such as poisoning by the ‘Snow White method’ and intriguing characters like mysterious Norebo Earlking will keep readers waiting for the next book in the series. Recommended reading for fans of Reckless and for readers who like reimagined fairy tales set in a unique world.”
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School Library Journal
About Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke is a multiple award–winning German author, best known for writing the Inkworld trilogy as well as The Thief Lord. The Inkworld books, which have won the 2003 Mildred L. Batchelder Award as well as the 2004 and 2006 BookSense Book of the Year Children’s Literature Awards, have gained incredible attention, and Funke has been dubbed the “German J. K. Rowling.” She currently lives in Los Angeles.
About Elliot Hill
Mark Edwards write
psychological thrillers. His first solo novel, The Magpies, topped the Kindle chart in the UK. He has coauthored
four novels with Louise Voss: Catch Your
Death (a #1 bestseller in the UK), Killing
Cupid (chosen by Peter James as his book of 2012), All Fall Down, and Forward
Slash. After a career that has taken in everything from picking broad beans
and answering complaint calls for a rail company to teaching English in Japan and
being a marketing director, Mark currently writes full time. He lives in the
West Midlands with his wife, three children, and a ginger cat.