The Curse of the Gloamglozer"'Oh, Sky above!' Linius wailed. 'If I had known then what I know now...'" Quint, son of a sky pirate captain, and new apprentice to Linius Pallitax, the Most High Academe, has been set some highly important tasks. Just how important, Quint is about to find out as he and Linius's only daughter, Maris, are plunged into a terrifying adventure that takes them deep within the rock upon which Sanctaphrax is built. Here, they unwittingly invoke an ancient curse -- the curse of the gloamglozer... A dramatic and exuberant fantasy filled with colourful characters and illustrated with exquisite detail. "From the Trade Paperback edition." |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 13 |
Section 3 | 17 |
Section 4 | 25 |
Section 5 | 67 |
Section 6 | 137 |
Section 7 | 151 |
Section 8 | 186 |
Section 12 | 241 |
Section 13 | 251 |
Section 14 | 266 |
Section 15 | 317 |
Section 16 | 334 |
Section 17 | 339 |
Section 18 | 342 |
Section 19 | 357 |
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Ancient Laboratory apprentice Bagswill barkscroll blood-red breathed Bungus carved chamber climbed close creature cried Deepwoods door earth-scholars earth-studies echoed Edgewater River eyes face father fear fell fingers flames flat-head floating rock floor forwards Fountain House Galerider gasped glister gloamglozer glow groaned guard hand heard High Academe hissed inside lantern librarian Library Linius Pallitax Linius's looked round louder low-sky cage lufwood Maris turned Maris's Master Quint mistsifters murmured muttered No-one once open sky Palace of Shadows paused pipes Professor of Darkness Professor of Light pulled Quint looked Quint nodded Quint turned raised Riverrise Runnet sapwine scrolls shivered shook his head shoulder shouted Sigbord sighed silver nose-piece sky cage sky-scholars smiled softly sound spindlebug stared stonecomb stopped stormphrax Sub-Dean tell terrible thing thought told trembled tunnel Tweezel Undertown Viaduct Steps voice wall Welma whispered white ravens Wind Jackal words Wordspool