The Secret KingdomNEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author Jenny Nimmo is back with a brand-new series chronicling the origin and the adventures of Charlie Bone's magical ancestor, the Red King! Timoken is a prince born in a secret kingdom. At his birth, a forest jinni bestows magical gifts upon him: a cloak made by the last moon spider and a potion called Alixir. When the peaceful land is attacked, Timoken and his sister, Zobayda, must find a new kingdom to call home. Together, with only the magical gifts and a talking camel, the siblings set off. In this brand-new series, bestselling author Jenny Nimmo takes readers on an extraordinary quest with one of her most powerful and mysterious characters, the one who started it all for Charlie Bone and the children of the Red King. |
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Moon Spiders | 19 |
I | 35 |
CHAPTER 4 | 41 |
CHAPTER 5 | 57 |
The Hunter | 67 |
CHAPTER 7 | 77 |
CHAPTER 8 | 85 |
CHAPTER | 107 |
The Angel on the Roof | 117 |
CHAPTER 12 | 127 |
CHAPTER 13 | 139 |
CHAPTER 14 | 153 |
The Black Beast | 165 |
CHAPTER 16 | 179 |
CHAPTER 17 | 195 |
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African Alixir arms asked Timoken beast beneath beside birds breath Britons brother cage camel Carmela castle cave Charlie Bone cloud creature cubs dark dead desert door Edern Esteban Díaz eyes face false monks father feet fell felt fingers Flame Chin forest forest-jinni friends Gabar gave Gereint girl goatskin green grunted hair hand head heard horse JENNY NIMMO jinni Juan Pizarro kingdom of Castile last moon spider leaped leopards lifted Lord Degal Mabon Madame Grüner magician moon cloak mouth murmured never night Peredur pulled queen rain Red King ring roar saddle sand secret kingdom shook shoulders silk sister sleep smiled snorted sorcerer sound spider silk stared stood stream Sun Cat sword thought Timoken asked Timoken looked Timoken saw Timoken told tiny Toledo took touched traveling trees village viridees voice wagon waiting wall watched whispered Zobayda