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The Oversight
Charlie Fletcher
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Description for The Oversight
Paperback. Now in paperback, this gothic fantasy is the perfect indulgent read, with great appeal to readers who enjoyed Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, A Discovery of Witches, The Invisible Library or The Night Circus and also for fans of Neil Gaiman's magical fiction. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 36. Weight in Grams: 402.
Once the Oversight, the secret society that polices the lines between the mundane and the magic, counted hundreds of brave souls among its members. Now their number can be tallied on a single hand. When a drunkard brings a screaming girl to the Oversight's London headquarters, it seems their hopes for a new recruit will be fulfilled - but the girl is a trap, her appearance a puzzle the five remaining guardians must solve or lose each other, and their society, for good. As the borders between the natural and the supernatural begin to break down, brutal murders erupt across ... Read more
Once the Oversight, the secret society that polices the lines between the mundane and the magic, counted hundreds of brave souls among its members. Now their number can be tallied on a single hand. When a drunkard brings a screaming girl to the Oversight's London headquarters, it seems their hopes for a new recruit will be fulfilled - but the girl is a trap, her appearance a puzzle the five remaining guardians must solve or lose each other, and their society, for good. As the borders between the natural and the supernatural begin to break down, brutal murders erupt across ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orbit
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Oversight Trilogy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780356502922
SKU
V9780356502922
Shipping Time
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99-1
About Charlie Fletcher
Charlie Fletcher is a screenwriter and children's author living in Edinburgh. His Stoneheart trilogy has been translated into a dozen languages and the film rights have been sold to Paramount. The first volume, Stoneheart, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase award and longlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. His standalone novel for children, Far Rockaway, was published last year ... Read more
Reviews for The Oversight
Exciting, exhilarating, scary and moving in equal measure, The Oversight is a teeming world of dark deeds and dark magics, brilliantly realised. This feels like the start of something amazing
M. R. Carey, author of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS A highly entertaining fantasy that promises a trilogy worth sinking your teeth into SciFiNow Fletcher's Victorian London is ... Read more
M. R. Carey, author of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS A highly entertaining fantasy that promises a trilogy worth sinking your teeth into SciFiNow Fletcher's Victorian London is ... Read more