This is not a novel in the traditional sense of the word, but a series of five novellas that came out one at a time. Literary success depends on a mysterious combination of talent, luck, preparation and opportunity, and it’s fascinating, a kind of a puzzle, to figure out why a 37-year-old yacht captain’s book is doing so well while other well-written novels go nowhere. “You just sit down and do it.”īut not just anyone can sell their writing.
“Anyone can be a writer,” Howey tells his 3,000-plus Facebook fans and 7,000-plus Twitter followers. Thanks to a World Wide Web that pioneers of science fiction never dreamed of, Hugh Howey’s “Wool” may be more famous for how it was sold than how well it was told. NEW TECHNOLOGY, A HALLMARK of the science fiction genre, has launched a common man into the coveted stratosphere of literary success. Which she doesn’t have… Perfect for fans of the Harry Potter series and His Dark Materials, this series takes readers into an extraordinary world, setting hope and imagination alive.First published at Perihelion Science Fiction (ezine) in April 2013, here again is my praise of Hugh Howey’s blockbuster novel. Mystery, magic and protection are hers – if only she can pass four impossible trials, using an exceptional talent. There she’s invited to join the Wundrous Society.
But, as the clock strikes midnight, she’s whisked away by a remarkable man called Jupiter North and taken to the secret city of Nevermoor. This is a special book – David Solomons, author of My Brother is a Superhero A full-speed joy of a book funny, quick-footed, and wildly, magically inventive – Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers A wonderful, warm-hearted magical adventure – Sunday Express Funny and delightful – The Sunday Times Morrigan Crow is cursed, destined to die on her eleventh birthday. Nevermoor rewrites the genre of the Chosen Child novel.
Exciting, mysterious, marvellous and magical … quite simply one of the best children’s books I’ve read in years – Robin Stevens, author of Murder Most Unladylike An extraordinary story full of magics great and small – Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars Endlessly inventive, with a fresh delight on every page. Enter the fantastically Wundrous world of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor – perfect for all adventurous young readers.
WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE 2018 YOUNGER FICTION CATEGORY WINNER OF RED MAGAZINE’S BIG BOOK ‘BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK (7-12)’ AWARD International bestselling series.
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