SuitabookCleverness amid conflict
Young Skarper understands that the returning dark magic poses a danger while other groups become involved in fighting and looting.
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Philip Reeve - Author
A lively fantasy adventure built around a young goblin who notices a danger others may miss. It offers a crowded magical world, competing creatures and a conflict that expands beyond one community.
This is a wild world of magical creatures and heroic adventure from the extraordinary imagination of Philip Reeve. The squabbling goblins who live in the great towers of Clovenstone spend their time fighting and looting. Only clever young Skarper understands that dark magic created by a vanquished sorcerer is rising again. From the lands of men come fortune-seekers - and trolls, giants, cloud-midens, boglins, swamp monsters, tree-warriors and bloodthirsty goblins are swept into a fabulous magical conflict to thrill all fantasy fans.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA lively fantasy adventure built around a young goblin who notices a danger others may miss. It offers a crowded magical world, competing creatures and a conflict that expands beyond one community.
Young Skarper understands that the returning dark magic poses a danger while other groups become involved in fighting and looting.
Goblins live in the towers of Clovenstone, while fortune-seekers and creatures from other lands are drawn into the same struggle.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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