Charlie Fletcher crafts engaging narratives that often delve into the complex interplay between childhood wonder and adult realities, exploring themes of identity, bravery, and self-discovery. His writing is characterized by vivid descriptions and a masterful ability to immerse readers in worlds that feel both fantastical and remarkably grounded. Fletcher avoids simplistic resolutions, instead offering stories rich with unexpected turns and profound insights that resonate across different age groups. His works are celebrated for their imaginative scope and emotional depth.
Alternate cover can be found here. George makes a promise to Edie that anything and anyone trying to get her will have to get past him first. But George is unaware that high on the rooftops an unseen gargoyle is watching them hungrily. The thing on the roof knows that nothing is over, nothing is finished.
The Paradox is a gothic fantasy adventure that will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman, A Discovery of Witches and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, from the author of The Oversight
The Oversight trilogy comes to a thrilling end in The Remnant. M. R. Carey says 'exciting, exhilarating, scary and moving in equal measure, The Oversight is a teeming world of dark deeds and dark magics, brilliantly realised'
The battle between the statues and the gargoyles in London rages on, and twelve-year-old George Chapman and his friend Edie are caught in the middle. The clock has struck thirteen, and time is frozen. The city’s inhabitants have mysteriously disappeared, and snow piles up in the streets. George is now sure that his destiny is linked to the Walker’s destruction, but first he must deal with the Dark Knight, a formidable foe who stalks George slowly and deliberately, knowing that things must come to their inevitable end, in what must surely be the decisive and final battle.
The second part of the thrilling Dragon Shield trilogy, from the author of Stoneheart.
The final book in the exciting Dragon Shield trilogy, by the author of Stoneheart.
"Once there were hundreds of members of the Oversight, the brave souls who guard the borders between the mundane and the magic. Now there are only five. When a vagabond brings a screaming girl to the Oversight's London headquarters, she could answer their hopes for new recruit, or she could be the instrument of their downfall."--Publisher's description
'Deep in the City something had been woken, so old that people had been walking past it for centuries without giving it a second look...' When George breaks the dragon's head outside the Natural History Museum he awakes an ancient power. This prehistoric beast, sentry-still for centuries, hunts him down with a terrifying wrath. And this is just the beginning... The taints and spits - statues with opposing natures - are warring forces; wreaking deadly havoc on the city landscape. The World War One gunner offers protection of sorts; and the wisdom of the Sphinx is legendary. But George and his companion Edie are trapped in a world of danger. And worse - they are quite alone. The rest of London is oblivious to their plight. This epic adventure exposes forces long-layered in the fabric of London. After entering its richly original and breathtaking world, the city streets and skyline will never again seem the same!
The start of a thrilling, action-packed trilogy from Charlie Fletcher, set in a world where statues come to life and dragons and heroes battle.
»Wenn du dieses Jahr nur ein einziges Buch liest, muss es dieses sein. Es wird dein Herz brechen.« Nerd Daily Mein Name ist Griz. Meine Kindheit war anders als deine. Ich hatte keine Freunde, einfach aus dem Grund, dass ich außer meiner Familie kaum jemanden kenne. Überhaupt bin ich in meinem ganzen Leben nur einer Handvoll Menschen begegnet. Zwar sagen meine Eltern, dass die Welt einst bevölkert war, doch jetzt gibt es nur noch uns. Aber wir sind nicht einsam auf unserer entlegenen Insel. Wir haben uns – und unsere Hunde. Aber dann kam der Dieb, und er stahl meinen Hund. Auch wenn es kein Gesetz mehr gibt, das Diebstahl bestraft, werde ich ihn mir zurückholen. Denn was bleibt von unserer Menschlichkeit übrig, wenn wir nicht für jene, die wir lieben, alles, wirklich ALLES tun …
