The key to survival rests in the hands of Shade's Children. Gripping science fiction adventure from the author of Sabriel and Mister Monday. In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no child shall live a day past his fourteenth birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the child is the object of an obscene harvest resulting in the construction of a machinelike creature whose sole purpose is to kill. The mysterious Shade -- once a man, but now more like the machines he fights -- recruits the few children fortunate enough to escape. With luck, cunning, and skill, four of Shade's children come closer than any to discovering the source of the Overlords' power -- and the key to their downfall. But the closer the children get, the more ruthless Shade seems to become...
- ISBN:
- 9780007174980
- 9780007174980
- Category:
- Science fiction (Children's / Teenage)
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-08-2007
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions (mm):
- 198x129x26mm
- Weight:
- 0.33kg
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