The Edge Chronicles 6 Books Set By Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell - Ages 9-14 - Paperback

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• The Edge Chronicles 1: The Curse of the Gloamglozer: First Book of Quint Fourteen-year-old Quint Verginix is the only remaining son of famous sky-pirate Wind Jackal. He and his father have journeyed to the city of Sanctaphrax
• a great floating rock, bound to the ground below by a chain, its inhabitants living with their heads literally in the clouds. The Edge Chronicles 2: The Winter Knights: Second Book of Quint Quint Verginix has enrolled as a squire in the Knight’s Academy. After his training, he will be able to pilot stormchaser sky-ships into the heart of Great Storms, and retrieve the solidified lightning
• stormphrax
• to weigh down the floating rock on which Sanctaphrax is built. But as a freezing winter takes hold, and the city strains to break free of its tether, ancient feuds threaten to tear its people apart. The Edge Chronicles 3: Clash of the Sky Galleons: Third Book of Quint Young sky-pirate Quint Verginix’s family was devastated when his mother and brothers were killed in a vicious arson attack. Now the treacherous quartermaster responsible, Turbot Smeal, has returned, and Quint and his father are determined to take revenge. The Edge Chronicles 4: Beyond the Deepwoods: First Book of Twig Abandoned at birth in the perilous Deepwoods, Twig Verginix is brought up by a family of woodtrolls. One cold night, Twig does what no woodtroll has ever done before
• he strays from the path. So begins a heart-stopping adventure that will take Twig through a nightmare world of fearsome goblins, bloodthirsty beasts and flesh-eating trees. Can he discover the truth about his past? The Edge Chronicles 5: Stormchaser: Second Book of Twig Twig Verginix has now realised his dream of becoming a sky pirate, exploring the skies of the Edge as a crew-member of The Stormchaser. That is until Cloud Wolf forbids him from coming on the dangerous quest to collect stormphrax
• a valuable substance created inside the heart of a Great Storm. The Edge Chronicles: Midnight Over Sanctaphrax: Third Book of Twig Twig Verginix has gained a formidable reputation as the young sky pirate captain who dared to sail over the Edge. But far out in open sky a storm is brewing. In its path lies Sanctaphrax
• the great floating city tethered to the land by a massive chain.