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The Edge Chronicles: The Curse of the Gloamglozer

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The Edge Chronicles: The Curse of the Gloamglozer

By: Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell
Narrated by: Alex Jennings
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Fourteen-year-old Quint Verginix is the only remaining son of famous sky-pirate Wind Jackal. He and his father have journeyed to the city of Sanctaphrax - a great floating rock, bound to the ground below by a chain, its inhabitants living with their heads literally in the clouds.

But the city hides a dangerous secret: deep inside the great rock, something horrible lurks. With his father away, Quint may be the only one who can save Sanctaphrax from the dreaded curse of the gloamglozer . . .

The Curse of the Gloamglozer is the first book of the Quint Saga - first trilogy in The Edge Chronicles, the internationally best-selling fantasy series, which has featured on the UK and the New York Times best-seller lists and sold more than 3 million copies. There are now 13 titles and four trilogies in the series, but each book is a stand-alone adventure, so you can read The Edge Chronicles in any order you choose.


© Chris Riddell & Paul Stewart 2001 (P) Penguin Audio 2008

©2008 Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell; (P)2008 Random House Audiobooks Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction

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I have read many of the other books but never the first. Need to listen to others now.

Fantastic in every way!

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This was an exciting,(sometimes frightening) story for a 9 year old. It described Quint's adventures at a rapid pace, and he didn't want to stop listening until after dark!

curse of the gloamglozer

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It could well be that I don’t remember this properly. This was a nostalgia-buy. I read these books about 20 years ago when I was 11 and loved them. And it is possible that my nostalgia is just shinier than reality but I feel like there was more in these books that made me really invest, that pulled me in. Now I feel like it just skims a story. So I’m left wondering should I stay clear of abridged books in general or just except that my 11 year brain wasn’t that deep. It’s probably great for kiddos

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