PublishedEgmont, September 2014 |
ISBN9781405276221 |
FormatSoftcover, 320 pages |
Dimensions20.9cm × 13.7cm × 2.8cm |
A girl wakes in a field of dead grass. A swirling yellow mist presses close around her, so close that it is more like a blanket than a fog. She has no memory of this place. No memories at all. Except her name - Mara.
As Mara takes her first steps, he appears in front of her. A pale solemn young man in a black coat with small silver skulls for buttons. The Messenger of Fear. He answers a question she never asked: Am I dead? No. Not dead. But surely not quite alive either.
If you have been bad and yet escaped punishment, the messenger of Fear may come to you. He will offer you a game. Should you win the game, you will walk away, free. Should you lose the game, you may well break ...
Amy is a keen children’s book nerd and spends a lot of time reading and reviewing picture books with her toddler, Fenrir. But it’s not all colourful pictures! Her passion is getting kids reading, and her life's mission is to get the right books in the right hands. Ask her for advice or recommend something to her and watch her eyes light up!
Messenger of Fear is book one in a new series by Michael Grant. Mara wakes up in a field of dead grass. She doesn’t remember anything except her name. Before her stands a pale, solemn young man in a black coat with silver skulls for buttons. He is The Messenger of Fear. He is the one that comes for you in limbo. When not dead, yet not quite alive, he will offer you a game. If you win you walk away free, but losing has terrifying consequences. Messenger has his own secrets though and as his apprentice, Mara learns that not everything is as it seems. A great book for fans of the gothic Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy with the magic of The Magisterium by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare.
