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Stormchaser (Edge Chronicles) (Hardcover)

by Paul Stewart (Author), Chris Riddell (Illustrator)
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday & Co Inc.; First Edition, First Impression edition (4 Nov 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0385600046
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385600040
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 853,804 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

This second book of The Edge Chronicles tells a new, self-contained story independent of, although rooted in, the exuberant fantasy bestiary and travelogue of Beyond the Deepwoods.

Young hero Twig is now reunited with his sky-pirate father as the lowliest crew-member of the flying sailship Stormchaser. In the fanciful physics operating at the edge of the world some stones can defy gravity, like the flight-rock that lifts Stormchaser. Thus the academic community of Sanctaphrax is built on a floating mountain chained to the ground of Undertown below.

Thanks to a tortuous history of corruption in high places the demand for chain-manufacture is forever increasing, leading to massive industrial pollution--because Sanctaphrax's precious, magically superheavy "stormphrax" ballast is gradually being stolen for alchemical use, and Stormchaser undertakes the dangerous mission to find new supplies at the deadly core of a Great Storm. But nothing, absolutely nothing, works out as expected in this madly twisting plot.

Twig's companions are beset by spies, traitors, memorable villains and the living dead and there are perhaps more deaths than might be expected in a "children's" novel, but Stewart's compulsive storytelling, perfectly complemented by Riddell's fine-lined illustrations, makes it all goodstuff. --David Langford

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"Action-packed"
--"The Guardian"
"Chris Riddell's superb illustrations are part and parcel of Paul Stewart's excellent fantasy series, The Edge Chronicles. The second, Stormchaser, is as action-packed as its predecessor"
--"Guardian"
"For children who've read the Harry Potter books and want another world to explore.. Just fantasy and adventure, and wonderful line drawings"
--"Mail on Sunday"
"Stewart's compulsive storytelling, perfectly complemented by Riddells' fine-lined illustrations, makes it all good stuff"
--amazon.co.uk (website Jan 2000)
"The story and the vast array of characters are captivating. .I became totally engrossed in this tale of young Twig, the quest for stormphrax, the worldscape and the landscape. The structure of the plot is as delicately poised as a sky-floating rock and the exuberant detail gives constant delight. This is more than a read; it kidnaps and transports the reader"
--"The School Librarian" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book ever, 20 Aug 2003
This review is from: Stormchaser (Edge Chronicles) (Paperback)
This book is great, it is a must buy for those people who liked first one.
This book is the continuation of Beyond the Deepwoods and tells the story of young boy named Twig who has finally found a place that he fits in. You will find this book so good that it will suck you out of this world and transport you to the world where Twig lives namingly the Edge. In this book you will find adventure,death and a story line that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Though this story would not have had that finishing touch if Chris Riddell had not portrayed the book so well with his imaginative drawings that look exactly the way you would picture it. The pictures and storyline complient each other so well that I am confident enough to say that I shall read this book a few times through.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!!!!!!!!, 25 Jan 2004
This review is from: Stormchaser (Edge Chronicles) (Paperback)
Stormchaser is totally and utterly brilliant ( as all of The Edge Chronicles are!) I am a huge fan of these books!!! Stormchaser is so imaginative and inspiring with absolutely brilliant illustrations to go with it! The Edge Chronicles are so good, I think they ought to be made into films! Keep writing, Paul Stewart, keep writing!
Look out J.K Rowling, you are about to be dethroned!!!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Harry Potter, 18 April 2002
By A. J. Watson "Bones" (Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stormchaser (Edge Chronicles) (Paperback)
This series gets better & better! Twig is charged with the task of collecting Stormphrax - a magical ingredient at the heart of the great Storm. To do this he becomes master of a sky-ship and he enlists the help of several characters, each with differing personalities - my favourite being the Stone Pilot.

Because this imaginary world operates under different physical laws to ours, we are presented with strange, unexpected happenings, worthy of the imagination of Lewis Carroll, complemented by delicious, imaginatively-detailed pen&ink drawings in the same vein as Aubrey Beardsley and Arthur Rackham.

I can't recommend this series too highly - completely different to Harry Potter, and, to my mind, much better!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Enoyable adventure if a little predictable
I found this book a little better than it's predecessor. There is an exploration of the Twilight Woods and the Mire, as well as revisiting locations and characters in Undertown... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. M. Jones

4.0 out of 5 stars Bigger, better, darker...More, please!
After having read 'Beyond the Deepwoods', what was my initial reaction when I started Stormchaser? It was 'Yes! This is more like it! Read more
Published 12 months ago by Paul Everdark

5.0 out of 5 stars The Stormchaser
I have read Beyond the Deepwoods and I thought there would be no other book like it, but then I found the second book of the Twig Series and thought that it was even better. Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2006 by sherburt

5.0 out of 5 stars Stormchaser
Added tonnes of new info! Very imaginative characters. FABULOUS illustrations!!!
Can't wait to read the other books! I suggest all children to read these books. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2006 by I. Goldsmith

5.0 out of 5 stars wow
This book is GREAT!!! I couldn't put it down.
Published on 30 Oct 2004 by ryan

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Suberb Book!
Paul Stewart's Edge series goes from great to excellent. This book made my emotions run high all the way through. It literally hsa everything in it. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT! A captivating mixture of fantasy and adventure.
The best book I have ever read. Captivating, with it's intriguing plot, mind-boggling (!) illustrations, fantastic vocabulary and written expressivity, and a fantastic combination... Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Aye, Aye captain Twig!
After reading the Harry Potter books, Phillip Pullmans His Dark Materials and The Hobbit I was stuck for books to read. Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Really caught my eye, EXCELLENT
One of the best books i've ever read it was so exciteing i was mesmorized by its pictures and gripping tale.
Published on 11 Mar 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars you have to read this book!!!!!
in the book stormchaser you will meat lots of interesting character's such as screed toe taker is just one of the many interesting character's. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2001

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