Description
When the world ends, only the underground mysteries will save us...
A great wall is rising on the horizon and a foreign army is massing on the borders of the small country of Nevereach. As invaders prepare to smash the last of the resistance, three unlikely heroes emerge from the exhausted populace.
Mel, Rosa and Apibus, driven by the loss of loved ones, inspired by old stories and guided by a mysterious star, set out to save their world by rousing the sleeping warriors. But before they can do that, they must find the witch who alone knows how to wake these mythical figures.
Travelling across a perilous landscape, encountering challenge after challenge, this could be called a cautionary tale for the three, and the reader, but it's more than that - it's a journey, a revelation and an inspiration.
Brilliantly conjured from the unique imagination of the poet, novelist, and activist Ben Okri, you will find inside these pages a world where the greatest enemy is not the tyrant forcing his soldiers on, but the dark forces draining people's will to resist.
Features stunning interior illustrations.
A modern fable from Booker prize-winner Ben Okri, inspired by the ancient legend of the sleeping warriors who wake when the kingdom is in mortal danger...
About the Author
Sir Ben Okri was born in Minna, Nigeria. His childhood was divided between Nigeria, where he saw first-hand the consequences of war, and London. He has won many awards over the years, including the Booker Prize for Fiction, and is also an acclaimed essayist, playwright, and poet. In 2019 Astonishing the Gods was named as one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'.
Reviews
Praise for Ben Okri:
Fiction's master enchanter
Okri is incapable of writing a boring sentence * Independent on Sunday *
Magic is essential, and Okri can spin it * Guardian *
Ben Okri is that rare thing, a literary and social visionary, a writer for whom all three - literature, culture and vision - are profoundly interwoven -- Ali Smith
Okri's writing has a light-as-air elegance * New Statesman *
Book Information
ISBN 9781035923380
Author Ben Okri
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Apollo
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 340g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 148mm * 26mm
