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There is a mystery here. And Carrion, along with his fiendish grandmother Mater Motley, suspects that whatever Candy is, she could spoil their plans to take control of the Abarat.
Now Candy's companions must race against time to save her from the clutches of Carrion, and she must solve the mystery of her past before the forces of Night and Day clash and Absolute Midnight descends upon the islands.
A final war is about to begin. And Candy is going to need to make some choices that will change her life forever....
Candy Quackenbush's adventures in the Abarat continue as she makes a startling realization as to who she is, and the forces of Night begin plans for war.
Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times bestsellers Abarat; Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War; and The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed painter, film producer, and director. For twelve years Mr. Barker has been working on a vast array of paintings to illuminate the text of The Books of Abarat, more than one hundred and twenty-five of which can be found within this volume.
Mr. Barker lives in California. He shares his house with seven dogs, three cockatiels, several undomesticated geckoes, an African gray parrot called Smokey, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot called Malingo.
Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times bestsellers Abarat; Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War; and The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed painter, film producer, and director. For twelve years Mr. Barker has been working on a vast array of paintings to illuminate the text of The Books of Abarat, more than one hundred and twenty-five of which can be found within this volume.
Mr. Barker lives in California. He shares his house with seven dogs, three cockatiels, several undomesticated geckoes, an African gray parrot called Smokey, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot called Malingo.
It must be arbitrary, then, the place at which we choose to embark.
Somewhere between a past half forgotten and a future as yet only glimpsed."
And here is as good a place as any to begin with Clive Barker, the author of strange and scary stories such as the novel that begins above, Weaveworld. Barker is probably best known as the creator of the Hellraiser franchise -- which began with the novella The Hellbound Heart; later became the 1987 horror classic that Barker directed; and was then a comic from 1989-1994. He accomplished the print-to-film-to-comic trifecta again with Nightbreed, the film version of which was released in 1990.
Barker drew attention with his early '80s story volumes, Books of Blood. His first novel, The Damnation Game, not only put him on a par authors such as Stephen King but earned praise from those same authors. He is widely admired for weaving into his scary stories complex themes about human nature and desires.
In addition to crafting his signature novels, a chilling amalgam of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy, Barker is an accomplished artist. (His comic Ectokids is in development as a movie project at Nickelodeon.) He has also written for children -- a fact that surprises readers familiar only with his disturbing adult oeuvre. But, in fact, his children's tales (The Thief of Always, Abarat, etc.) are among his most imaginative.
No matter what his audience or medium, Barker's stories are effective because it's clear that he takes his work, and his genre, very seriously -- and expects the same from his audience. In an interview with Barnes & Noble.com, he told us "[Fantasy and horror] liberate us into a world in which our frustrations and our repressions can take an exoticized form, rendering them more safely and also, if we dare, more approachable."
NothingAfter a battle lasting many ages,
The Devil won,
And he said to God
(who had been his Maker):
"Lord,
We are about to witness the unmaking of Creation
By my hand.
I would not wish you
to think me cruel,
So I beg you, take three things
From this world before I destroy it.
Three things, and then the rest will be
wiped away."
God thought for a little time.
And at last He said:
"No, there is nothing."
The Devil was surprised.
"Not even you, Lord?" he said.
And God said:
"No. Not even me."
-- From Memories of the World's End
Author unknown
(Christopher Carrion's favorite poem)
Let's get our photograph taken," Candy said to Malingo. They were walking down a street in Tazmagor, where -- this being on the island of Qualm Hah -- it was Nine O'clock in the Morning. The Tazmagorian market was in full swing, and in the middle of all this buying and selling a photographer called Guumat had set up a makeshift studio. He'd hung a crudely painted backcloth from a couple of poles and set his camera, a massive device mounted on a polished wood tripod, in front of it. His assistant, a youth who shared his father's coxcomb hair and lightly striped blue-and-black skin, was parading a board on which examples of Guumat the Elder's photos were pinned.
"You like to be pictured by the great Guumat?" the youth said to Malingo. "He make you look real good."
Malingo grinned. "How much?"
"Two paterzem," said the father, gently pressing his offspring aside so as to close the sale.
"For both of us?" Candy said.
"One picture, same price. Two paterzem."
"We can afford that," Candy said to Malingo.
"Maybe you like costumes. Hats?" Guumat asked them, glancing at them up and down. "No extra cost."
"He's politely telling us we look like vagabonds," Malingo said.
"Well, we are vagabonds," Candy replied.
Hearing this, Guumat looked suspicious. "You can pay?" he said.
"Yes, of course," said Candy, and dug in the pocket of her brightly patterned trousers, held up with a belt of woven biffel-reeds, and pulled out some coins, sorting through them to give Guumat the paterzem.
"Good! Good!" he said. "Jamjam! Get the young lady a mirror. How old are you?" "Almost sixteen, why?"
"You wear something much more ladylike, huh? We got nice things. Like I say, no extra charge."
"I'm fine. Thank you. I want to remember this the way it really was." She smiled at Malingo. "Two wanderers in Tazmagor, tired but happy."
"That's what you want, that's what I give you," Guumat said.
Jamjam handed her a little mirror and Candy consulted her reflection. She was a mess, no doubt about it. She'd cut her hair very short a couple of weeks before so she could hide from Houlihan among some monks on Soma Plume, but the haircut had been very hurried, and it was growing out at all angles.
"You look fine," Malingo said.
"So do you. Here, see for yourself."
She handed him the mirror. Her friends back in Chickentown would have thought Malingo's face -- with his deep orange hide and the fans of leathery skin to either side of his head -- fit only for Halloween. But in the time they'd been traveling together through the islands, Candy had come to love the soul inside that skin: tenderhearted and brave.
Guumat arranged them in front of his camera.
"You need to stand very, very still," he instructed them. "If you move, you'll be blurred in the picture. So, now let me get the camera ready. Give me a minute or two." "What made you want a photograph?" Malingo said from the corner of his mouth.
"Just to have. So I won't forget anything."
"As if," said Malingo.
"Please," said Guumat. "Be very still. I have to focus."
Candy and Malingo were silent for a moment.
"What are you thinking about?" Malingo murmured.
"Being on Yzil, at Noon."
"Oh yes. That's something we're sure to remember."
"Especially seeing her . . ."
"The Princess Breath."
Now, without Guumat requesting it, they both fell silent for a long moment, remembering their brief encounter with the Goddess on the Noon-Day island of Yzil. Candy had seen her first: a pale, beautiful woman in red and orange standing in a patch of warm light, breathing out a living creature, a purplish squid. This, it was said, was the means by which most of the species in the Abarat had been brought into Creation. They had been breathed out by the Creatrix, who had then let the soft wind that constantly blew through the trees and vines of Yzil claim the newborn from her arms and carry them off to the sea.
"That was the most amazing -- "
"I'm ready!" Guumat announced from beneath the black cloth he'd ducked under. "On the count of three we take the picture. One! Two! Three! Hold it! Don't move! Don't move! Seven seconds." He lifted his head out from under the cloth and consulted his stopwatch. "Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. That's it!" Guumat slipped a plate into his camera to stop the exposure. "Picture taken! Now we have to wait a few minutes while I prepare a print for you."
"No problem," Candy said.
"Are you going down to the ferry?" Jamjam asked her.
"Yes," said Candy.
"You look like you've been on the move."
"Oh, we have," said Malingo. "We've seen a lot in the last few weeks, traveling around."
"I'm jealous. I've never left Qualm Hah. I'd love to go adventuring."
A minute later Jamjam's father appeared with the photograph, which was still wet. "I can sell you a very nice frame, very cheap."
"No, thanks," said Candy. "It's fine like this."
She and Malingo looked at the photograph. The colors weren't quite true, but Guumat caught them looking like a pair of happy tourists, with their brightly colored, rumpled clothes, so they were quite happy.
Photograph in hand, they headed down the steep hill to the harbor and the ferry.
"You know, I've been thinking . . ." Candy said as they made their way through the crowd.
"Uh-oh."
"Seeing the Princess Breath made me want to learn more. About magic."
"No, Candy."
"Come on, Malingo! Teach me. You know all about conjurations -- "
"A little. Just a little."
Continues...
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Nothing
After a battle lasting many ages,
The Devil won,
And he said to God
(who had been his Maker):
"Lord,
We are about to witness the unmaking of Creation
By my hand.
I would not wish you
to think me cruel,
So I beg you, take three things
From this world before I destroy it.
Three things, and then the rest will be
wiped away."
God thought for a little time.
And at last He said:
"No, there is nothing."
The Devil was surprised.
"Not even you, Lord?" he said.
And God said:
"No. Not even me."
-- From Memories of the World's End
Author unknown
(Christopher Carrion's favorite poem)
Let's get our photograph taken," Candy said to Malingo. They were walking down a street in Tazmagor, where -- this being on the island of Qualm Hah -- it was Nine O'clock in the Morning. The Tazmagorian market was in full swing, and in the middle of all this buying and selling a photographer called Guumat had set up a makeshift studio. He'd hung a crudely painted backcloth from a couple of poles and set his camera, a massive device mounted on a polished wood tripod, in front of it. His assistant, a youth who shared his father's coxcomb hair and lightly striped blue-and-black skin, was parading a board on which examples of Guumat the Elder's photos were pinned.
"You like to be pictured by the great Guumat?" the youth said to Malingo. "He make you look real good."
Malingo grinned. "How much?"
"Two paterzem," said the father, gently pressing his offspring aside so as to close the sale.
"For both of us?" Candy said.
"One picture, same price. Two paterzem."
"We can afford that," Candy said to Malingo.
"Maybe you like costumes. Hats?" Guumat asked them, glancing at them up and down. "No extra cost."
"He's politely telling us we look like vagabonds," Malingo said.
"Well, we are vagabonds," Candy replied.
Hearing this, Guumat looked suspicious. "You can pay?" he said.
"Yes, of course," said Candy, and dug in the pocket of her brightly patterned trousers, held up with a belt of woven biffel-reeds, and pulled out some coins, sorting through them to give Guumat the paterzem.
"Good! Good!" he said. "Jamjam! Get the young lady a mirror. How old are you?" "Almost sixteen, why?"
"You wear something much more ladylike, huh? We got nice things. Like I say, no extra charge."
"I'm fine. Thank you. I want to remember this the way it really was." She smiled at Malingo. "Two wanderers in Tazmagor, tired but happy."
"That's what you want, that's what I give you," Guumat said.
Jamjam handed her a little mirror and Candy consulted her reflection. She was a mess, no doubt about it. She'd cut her hair very short a couple of weeks before so she could hide from Houlihan among some monks on Soma Plume, but the haircut had been very hurried, and it was growing out at all angles.
"You look fine," Malingo said.
"So do you. Here, see for yourself."
She handed him the mirror. Her friends back in Chickentown would have thought Malingo's face -- with his deep orange hide and the fans of leathery skin to either side of his head -- fit only for Halloween. But in the time they'd been traveling together through the islands, Candy had come to love the soul inside that skin: tenderhearted and brave.
Guumat arranged them in front of his camera.
"You need to stand very, very still," he instructed them. "If you move, you'll be blurred in the picture. So, now let me get the camera ready. Give me a minute or two." "What made you want a photograph?" Malingo said from the corner of his mouth.
"Just to have. So I won't forget anything."
"As if," said Malingo.
"Please," said Guumat. "Be very still. I have to focus."
Candy and Malingo were silent for a moment.
"What are you thinking about?" Malingo murmured.
"Being on Yzil, at Noon."
"Oh yes. That's something we're sure to remember."
"Especially seeing her . . ."
"The Princess Breath."
Now, without Guumat requesting it, they both fell silent for a long moment, remembering their brief encounter with the Goddess on the Noon-Day island of Yzil. Candy had seen her first: a pale, beautiful woman in red and orange standing in a patch of warm light, breathing out a living creature, a purplish squid. This, it was said, was the means by which most of the species in the Abarat had been brought into Creation. They had been breathed out by the Creatrix, who had then let the soft wind that constantly blew through the trees and vines of Yzil claim the newborn from her arms and carry them off to the sea.
"That was the most amazing -- "
"I'm ready!" Guumat announced from beneath the black cloth he'd ducked under. "On the count of three we take the picture. One! Two! Three! Hold it! Don't move! Don't move! Seven seconds." He lifted his head out from under the cloth and consulted his stopwatch. "Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. That's it!" Guumat slipped a plate into his camera to stop the exposure. "Picture taken! Now we have to wait a few minutes while I prepare a print for you."
"No problem," Candy said.
"Are you going down to the ferry?" Jamjam asked her.
"Yes," said Candy.
"You look like you've been on the move."
"Oh, we have," said Malingo. "We've seen a lot in the last few weeks, traveling around."
"I'm jealous. I've never left Qualm Hah. I'd love to go adventuring."
A minute later Jamjam's father appeared with the photograph, which was still wet. "I can sell you a very nice frame, very cheap."
"No, thanks," said Candy. "It's fine like this."
She and Malingo looked at the photograph. The colors weren't quite true, but Guumat caught them looking like a pair of happy tourists, with their brightly colored, rumpled clothes, so they were quite happy.
Photograph in hand, they headed down the steep hill to the harbor and the ferry.
"You know, I've been thinking . . ." Candy said as they made their way through the crowd.
"Uh-oh."
"Seeing the Princess Breath made me want to learn more. About magic."
"No, Candy."
"Come on, Malingo! Teach me. You know all about conjurations -- "
"A little. Just a little."
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War. Copyright © by Clive Barker. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.Anonymous
Posted November 2, 2012
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In my opinion, this was the best book of the series so far. I ate the whole thing up in a week (which is the speed of light, reading wise for me). Although I recommend that as you read this copy of the book, try to find the illustrations somehow (although coming up with your images as well is fun). I believe they are on Clive Barker's website. (***Possible Spoilers***) The Good: -The Pacing—all the events happen with just the perfect amount of detail, dialogue, and action making the book a delightful breeze to read. There isn't ever a time when the book drags. -Characters—If you read the first book, which is sort of mandatory to understand some detail in the book, such as Candy, Malingo, Christopher Carrion, Kasper Wolfswinkel, The Mischief Brother's, and all the other great character's, are brought to life on the page and their stories carry on so to me they were sort of like long lost friends. -Plot—the plot flows flawlessly and most questions are answered, but others aren't which will in upcoming books. -Writing Style The Bad: The only bad parts of this book is sometimes during some scenes like when Candy is fighting The Criss-Cross Man with the monkey Filth or when she is fighting the dragon like-creatures (I forgot their true names) on the boat can get rather confusing. Beside that I couldn't find any other bad things. I HIGHLY recommend you BUY THIS BOOK!!!
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Posted October 8, 2012
The journey into the fantastic world that Abarat is continues! This book was an excellent continuation. I highly suggest that you buy and read!
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Abarat felt like an old fashioned travelogue, a book written solely to
describe the people and the places that Candy encountered in her
travels. Instead of advancing a story, the focus of each new chapter was
seemingly to top the one before in terms of magic, weirdness, and the
surreal. I found that I could put it down for weeks at a time (something
I've never been able to do with a Barker book before), pick it back up,
and effortlessly resume mid-paragraph. Not only that, but it felt . . .
well, childish. I realise it's meant as a young adult read, but so was
The Thief of Always, and that was an all-night, single-setting read for
me. Fortunately, it seems Barker got the `Disney' out of his system
with Abarat, and is back to doing what he does best with Days of Magic,
Nights of War. It's still a story of magic, weirdness, and the surreal,
but it's just that - a real story. Here, we get into the thick of the
plot, exploring who Candy really is, what brought her to the Abarat, and
what role she has to play in its future. Things actually happen in this
second volume, and there are consequences for all of it. What's more,
this is a much darker story than the first, allowing Barker's
imagination to shine. The first book hinted at the evils of Christopher
Carrion, and showed us glimpses of Mater Motley's cruelty, but really
restrained them. Here, Barker lets them loose, exposing their plans for
the Abarat, and confronting us with the depths of their hatred, their
cruelty, and their selfish vindictiveness. There's a very real tension
to this volume, a palatable sense of dread and danger that was missing
from the first. As a result, I felt an emotional attachment to the
characters that I hadn't been able to form in the first, compelling me
to read on, to cheer their triumphs, and to mourn their losses. I also
liked the fact that we returned to the `real' world in this book. I
think it was the development of events outside the Abarat, and the
progression of the stories there added something to the book I didn't
realise was lacking. Maybe it's the contrast, or maybe it's the
connection, but returning to Chickentown turned this from a good read to
a great one. There's still a wonderful fairy tale of fable feel to the
Abarat, especially with the developing backstory and the new aspects of
the mythology, and I hope Barker never loses that. However, I like this
darker turn towards events of significance, and I really hope Absolute
Midnight carries that forward. Of course, if you've read the series then
you understand that the title alone promises things aren't about to get
happy any time soon.
Anonymous
Posted February 25, 2012
Another great CliveBarker book!
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Posted January 5, 2012
This book is amazingly unique. Barker's ability to create and to inspire the imagination makes for a thrilling book. The language may start out a bit simple, but once the story gets rolling you find yourself lost in this book. I would recomend it to anyone.
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Posted December 23, 2011
Its nice to get away sometimes and be a part of a different world, the books of Abarat definitely do that, strange worlds, strange combinations in animals and some people, just read and let your imagination do the work.
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Posted December 19, 2011
I have read many books by Clive Barker and picked this series up thinking it was his usual "Adult" novel. While it is geared toward teens and young adults, it is just as good as his hard core stuff. Definately worth the money and I will be getting Book 3 shortly.
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Posted December 6, 2011
The Abarat series is one of my favorites, made many friends read them and not one was let down. I also recommended them to some of my students who also fell in love. Its all about the paintings!! they are really amazing. cant wait to read the next 3 books!
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Posted December 6, 2011
It really is a beautiful book. All of Clive Barkers paintings that are about the story are in it as well as his poetry. The characters you will just love to love and love to hate. Barker created a very stunning world and it really is hard to put the book down.
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Posted July 26, 2011
Clive Barker has written many great books but by my opion, this series is the bets work hes done! I absolutely love how he made Candy's personality so independant and strong minded and fierce! Gorgossium's residents dont stand a chance!!!!!!!!
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Posted April 6, 2010
I absolutely loved this book! I fell in love with the characters and the world of abarat. They are described so well that they seem to really exist. While reading, I found myself wishing I was Candy and experiencing all the amazing adventures and people she encounters. I was never a true fan of Clive Barker's work because it didn't call to me in the past, so I was surprised to come across this series. Barker's writting style is there, but as far as content goes this is a whole new genre and he masters this genre as he did horror. I would recommend this series to anyone age 11 to adult, appropriate for young adults as far as content but definitely enjoyable for adults! You won't regret this wonderful story!
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Posted August 27, 2009
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This book will keep you at the edge of you chair! it's just one of those books you cant put down!
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.the wonderful arabat books are amazing! i was pleasantly surprised to see that the very dark (to say the least) clive barker wrote these incredible books that children can read! nothing dirty in them, just pure unadulterated fantasy & i recommend it for young & old! plus, the editions w/barker's paintings going along w/the story are just fantastic--he is a great artist & depicts his characters so that one can stretch his/her imaginination even more than just reading a description of the characters. and the characters are so diverse, it's unbelievably charming. one blurb i read about the books stated that they were like a cross between the wizard of oz and the chronicles or narnia. i would agree w/this but arabat is packed w/even more fantasy than both those awesome books combined! i have read almost all of barker's books & i know of no other author in my lifetime that has achieved the originality he displays in his writings. no two books are alike & i can't see that anyone could stamp barker as formulaic! i wish every voracious reader would check these books out. i think it's going to be a quartet, too, so that means two more editions of this spectacular adventure series. also, you will adore the heroine, candy...she is a very interesting character. enjoy!
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Posted November 5, 2007
This book was truly fantastic. Clive Barker thins the veil between good and evil, allowing speculation and doubt on the integrity of every character. His attention to detail created an unforgetable picture of a world seemingly so different but oddly the same.
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Posted May 22, 2007
Incredible. Absolutely amazing, one of his best works, appealling to younger readers but still has some of his earlier works quirkyness. I've read some of his earlier books, and even in those you can see how he takes a little from each story and puts them together sometimes in a completely different way to what you were expecting. I've found that all of his books finds you asking yourself, 'How come I didn't think of that? It's such an easy image to concoct, so why didn't I see it first...?' Clive Barker has a way of seeing through our modern lives, pulling a in front of (or away from) his eyes and writing what we all WANT to see, but have just outgrown the ability to see it. Praise to Clive Barker! X
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Posted March 6, 2007
Wow. I won't go into detail about the plot for you have all the previous stuff to find it in but I will concur with a reviewer who came before me: this stuff is one of the most underated fantasy books in print and it should certainly garner more attention. Candy, the Islands of the Hours and the mystery shrouding the Twenty-Fifth Hour...the drama and horror and intrigue is all in this BOOK. I ate it up and now I own both and am waiting for the third. It is too good. Really, really good.
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Posted January 19, 2007
I absolutly love this book! I don't think Carrion is dead though. I became attached to Letheo, I don't know why! I hope Candy comes across him again in the next book! Whenever thats coming out...hopefully soon.
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Posted October 10, 2006
It kind of happened on accident.I was at a yard sale and got to talking to the lady about the kind of books that I liked to read. I told her I liked the whole Mythical thing. So she got to talking about an author that I had never heard of Clive Barker. I told her that I never heard of him and she gave the first book to me. It was Better than Harry Potter and any other book I had ever read. So I returned her book to her after I finished and she handed me the second. I just recently got done with it and it was even more amazing then the first. I am in high school and doing a report on the book, found this website and read some of the critics reviews. I have never read any of Clive Barkers other books, but now that I know that he is a good writer, I may just have to. And I am spreading the word as I go.
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Posted July 7, 2006
I loved this Abarat so naturally, when I saw this book out, I was ecstatic! It was an interesting shift from Hereafter to Abarat and back. If you are a passionate reader like me and love a good science fiction or fantasy novel, I have a hunch you will love Abarat and it's sequel, this.
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Posted June 14, 2006
There are a lot of reviews out there, and I usually don't add mine to the mix, but Abarat was recommended to me by a friend, and once I picked it up, it was like a slap in the face. If you liked Harry Potter, but are looking for something more, try Abarat. Clive Barker uses outstanding imagery and play on words. The characters are unique and curious. It makes you want to delve deeper into the world of Abarat. The only down-side that I can see to the whole thing was that The Lord of Midnight, Lord Carrion, died. That was depressing for me, even though he was a villain. Oh, one more thing that brought me close to tears, the third book hasn't been published yet... now THAT's depressing... it was an excellent book, and I'd love to see some good actors and directors have a tea party together and get this up on the big screen.
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Overview
There is a mystery here. And Carrion, along with his fiendish grandmother Mater...