Theo Clare Book of Sand Paperback

The Book of Sand the first novel in an epic series created by one of the most gifted and invented storytellers of the twentyfirst century. Shocking and satisfying ...a compelling, absorbingly different quest fantasy GuardianAn utterly original novel from an extraordinarily creative mind Karin SlaughterUnique and fearless Mark BillinghamI inhaled it! Its beautifully written and utterly compelling Harriet TyceFearless and compelling, lyrical and devastating by turns, the story never slackens pace. Jane CorrySAND. A hostile world of burning sun. Outlines of several oncebusy cities shimmer on the horizon. Now empty of inhabitants, their buildings lie in ruins. In the distance a group of people a family walk towards us. Ahead lies shelter a shuck the family call home and which they know they must reach before the light fails, as to be out after dark is to invite danger and almost certain death. To survive in this alien world of shifting sand, they must find an object hidden in or near water. But other families want it too. And they are willing to fight to the death to make it theirs. It is beginning to rain in Fairfax County, Virginia when McKenzie Strathie wakes up. An ordinary teenage girl living an ordinary life except that the previous night she found a sandlizard in her bed, and now shes beginning to question everything around her, especially who she really is ...Two very different worlds featuring a group of extraordinary characters driven to the very limit of their... | Theo Clare Book of Sand Paperback