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November 2022 Book of the Month | Julia Eccleshare's Pick of the Month November 2022
Another entrancing novel full of mystery and spellbinding nature, from bestselling, award winning author Philip Reeve. As the deep magic of the woods stirs and awakens, so your heart will be stirred by this breathtaking, powerful story.
Master storyteller and world builder extraordinaire, Philip Reeve takes readers on a hugely welcome return visit to Wildsea, a place of a watery landscape and powerful magic, for a new story about the glorious heroine, Utterly Deep, and a host of other wonderful characters, some real and some magical.
Always keen on an adventure, Utterly insists on going with her guardian when he is invited to visit a relative on Summertide to look at some ancient earthworks. But what starts as a simple adventure soon turns into a nightmare. Utterly’s dreams are haunted by a demonic figure and she can feel the old magic of the island stirring as a sleeping power wakes.
Has she got the strength to fight this old, old magic? As ever, Philip Reeve effortlessly weaves magic into every corner of this supremely enjoyable adventure and its cast of incredible characters.
Julia Eccleshare M.B.E
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Utterly Dark and the Heart of the Wild Synopsis
Utterly Dark has a special connection to the sea. But it is tested more than ever before, this autumn on the island of Summertide.Accompanying her uncle as he explores mysterious Summertide, Utterly is witness to strange happenings in the woods. Deep, old magic abounds, and threatens to steal those she loves most. Utterly must face truths about what lies beneath the land, and in her own past, if she is to save anyone. And she must make a sacrifice to the sea . . .An enchanting story of nature, magic and friendship, from the renowned author of Mortal Engines.
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Philip Reeve |
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David Fickling Books |
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Philip Reeve Press Reviews
Praise for Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep;
Magnificent . . . This is magical storytelling - Jenny McLachlan,
Absolutely extraordinary writing, like Charles Dickens writing Ursula K Le Guin . . . I can't think of anyone who does worldbuilding the way Philip Reeve does - Ross Montgomery
An absorbing, brilliant book. A glorious read. I loved my journey to Wildsea - Lisa Thompson
A gutsy and gusty story of powerful old magic - LoveReading4Kids
About Philip Reeve
Philip Reeve was our Guest Editor for June 2012. Click here to see his books and some that inspired him.
Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he worked in a bookshop for years while also producing and directing a number of no-budget theatre projects. Philip then began illustrating and has since provided cartoons and jokes for around forty books, including the best-selling Scholastic series Horrible Histories, as well as Murderous Maths and Dead Famous. He's been writing stories since he was five, but Mortal Engines was the first to be published.
Mortal Engines defies easy categorisation. It is a gripping adventure story set in an inspired fantasy world, where moving cities trawl the globe. A magical and unique read, it immediately caught the attention of readers and reviewers and won several major awards. Three more Predator Cities novels followed, and Philip's latest project are the Fever Crumb books, prequels set centuries before the events of Mortal Engines. Philip has also written Buster Bayliss, a series for younger readers, and stand alone novels including Here Lies Arthur, which won the Carnegie Medal. Philip lives in Devon with his wife and son and his interests are walking, drawing, writing and reading. You can keep up with Philip here on Instagram @thesolitarybee
Photo © Sarah Reeve
Click here to see a Philip talking about his new adventure book, Oliver and the Seawigs, a collaboration with Sarah McIntyre.
Philip Reeve's fiction publisher, Marion Lloyd, describes his Predator Cities series:
“..inspiring adventure stories, in whose futuristic, post-apocalyptic setting, moving cities trawl the Earth. They attack and consume each other in wastelands where natural resources are scarce, and Ancient technology is fought for. Fast-paced, sometimes violent, always surprising and original, Reeve’s epic sequence of love, war and adventure are richly rewarding for both adults and children.”
Praise for Philip Reeve:
‘Conveys big truths while being witty and playful...clever and moving’ - The Sunday Times on Fever Crumb
‘Intelligent, funny and wise’ - Literary Review on Fever Crumb
‘I felt as if the pages themselves were charged with electricity... Fever Crumb is a terrific read, a sci-fi Dickens, full of orphans, villains, chases and mysteries’ - Frank Cottrell Boyce in The Guardian on Fever Crumb
‘Reeve drives his juggernaut of a talent through the streets of a mob-crazed futuristic London with Cecil B DeMille grandeur. Resent being suckered into sequels? Fever Crumb is a complete story – but it may prove addictive’ - Geraldine McCaughrean, Daily Telegraph on Fever Crumb
‘A bold, brightly honed narrative that grabs and holds the attention from the start’ -
Interzone on Fever Crumb
‘A masterpiece’ - Sunday Telegraph
‘Big, brave, brilliant’ - Guardian
‘A majestic achievement’ - Sunday Times
‘Mind bogglingly well-imagined’ - Independent
‘Marvellous… utterly captivating in its imaginative scope and energy’ - Daily Telegraph
‘Brilliant… an absorbing and emotionally engaging work’ - Amanda Craig, The Times
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