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The Babylon Game (Seven Fabulous Wonders) [Kindle Edition]

Katherine Roberts
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The Great Pyramid Robbery
‘A grand tale unravels – ancient curses, magical powers, dangerous forces and spirits make The Great Pyramid Robbery a wonderful fantasy-filled read! Unearth this fab book.’
Funday Times

‘A terrific tale of plots, curses and evil forces set in ancient Egypt.’
Sunday Express

‘A thrill-a-minute mix of myth, history, excitement and magic. Roberts has thrown lots of gripping ingredients into the first book of The Seven Fabulous Wonders series and it all works to great effect.’ Sunday Morning Post

The Babylon Game
‘Katherine Roberts is a children’s author of genuine skill and imagination, and The Babylon Game is one of her most engaging titles.’
Publishing News

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When Tiamat lets one of Babylon's guard-dragons lick her hand, her luck turns overnight. From being an average player of Twenty Squares, she becomes the Egibi team's secret weapon, blessed with the skill of the ancients that helps her win every game.

But Tiamat's lucky hand is in demand for more than the Twenty Squares Championships. It also gives her the power to open the magical gateways that lead between the great cities of the earth, and beyond the earth into the heavenly realms where dragons breed. When the Persians discover these gateways and persuade Tiamat to help their army enter the city, Babylon's days are numbered…

"Katherine Roberts is a children's author of genuine skill and imagination, and The Babylon Game is one of her most engaging titles." Publishing News.

"An incredible story of adventures that twist and turn and will leave you spellbound on every page." South Wales Evening Post.

"Fast-paced pretty much all the way through and starts the action straight away… recommended!" cool-reads.co.uk

The Babylon Game is one of the Seven Fabulous Wonders series, originally published by HarperCollins and translated into 11 languages worldwide. A mixture of magic, mystery and adventure set against carefully researched historical backgrounds, these books can be enjoyed in any order by confident readers aged 10+.

The complete collection of seven books is also available as the Seven Fabulous Wonders omnibus edition.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 392 KB
  • Print Length: 320 pages
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B006OP13ZG
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #400,222 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly different! 14 July 2003
Format:Paperback
The Babylon Game is the story of a game, okay, but I bet you never played THIS game before! It is the Game of Twenty Squares, an ancient Babylonian board game with a magical element and luck... Tiamat is in the Twenty Squares team, but not very good at the game until she sneaks up on the walls of Babylon in the middle of the night and get herself licked by one of the dragons guarding the city. This gives her amazing luck, and also a magical ability to open the gateways between worlds...
This book wasa bit like a gateway for me, taking me to a very different world of ancient Persia and Babylonia(Iran and Iraq), where amazing things can and do happen. Some of the words used were quite weird, but there was a guide at the back to explain them. Babylon was the place of the Hanging Gardens, one of the seven wonders of the world, and I could really smell the flowers in the gardens. I have never read anything quite like this before. Try this series. I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars fun, adventurous and full of twisted events 15 May 2004
By Lulu
Format:Paperback
The book is a mixture of history, myth, legend and fantasy and is set in 539BC in the city of Babylon, which is meant to be the centre of the world.
The story is about an orphan girl named Tiamat, who gets licked by a Sirrush (a dragon) on her left hand. The proof of the luck brings Tiamat's 'extraordinary' luck and power. Tiamat, as the Babylonian people say, has the favours of God which always help her to win many difficult 'Twenty Squares' games. She even defeats the game master of the Egibi family. Her 'rare and impossible' power can open any gates between the worlds and also the Oceanly and Heavenly Gates, which are believed just a legend. The mad King of Babylon and his Demon spend their lives in search the Oceanly and Heavenly Gates unsuccessfully just to eat the fruit of eternal life like in legend said. They would kill any one who stands in their way and torture anybody to gain the clues to the Gates. While the King and his evil men doing their dirty work, Tiamat with her friends have heaps of worries about the rescue for the Sirrush and the Twenty Squares championship. Will Tiamat has the will, courage and the power to do the dangerous mission and to full-fill her destiny? You have to read the book to find out.
Determination, strong-will, magic, power and adventures will drag you till the end of the book.
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By Lulu
Format:Paperback
The book is a mixture of history, myth, legend and fantasy and is set in 539BC in the city of Babylon, which is meant to be the centre of the world.
The story is about an orphan girl named Tiamat, who gets licked by a Sirrush (a dragon) on her left hand. The proof of the luck brings Tiamat's 'extraordinary' luck and power. Tiamat, as the Babylonian people say, has the favours of God which always help her to win many difficult 'Twenty Squares' games. She even defeats the game master of the Egibi family. Her 'rare and impossible' power can open any gates between the worlds and also the Oceanly and Heavenly Gates, which are believed just a legend. The mad King of Babylon and his Demon spend their lives in search the Oceanly and Heavenly Gates unsuccessfully just to eat the fruit of eternal life like in legend said. They would kill any one who stands in their way and torture anybody to gain the clues to the Gates. While the King and his evil men doing their dirty work, Tiamat with her friends have heaps of worries about the rescue for the Sirrush and the Twenty Squares championship. Will Tiamat has the will, courage and the power to do the dangerous mission and to full-fill her destiny? You have to read the book to find out.
Determination, strong-will, magic, power and adventures will drag you till the end of the book.
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