Mortal Fire
Author(s): Elizabeth Knox
Young Adult | Aotearoa New Zealand | Science Fiction, Dystopia, and Fantasy | Historical | Gecko Press
A mysterious and compelling literary fantasy that weaves magic, mathematics, love, family-and riddles within riddles-from the author of international sensation The Absolute Book, Elizabeth Knox.
Sixteen-year-old Canny Mochrie has always been different; she has a calculating, mathematical mind and she sees something extra. When she begrudgingly joins her stepbrother on a trip to research a 30-year-old coal mine disaster, she meets the alluring Ghislain Zarene, who is held hostage by a powerful spell. Canny starts to untangle the mysteries of the valley, -only to find that its secrets are her secrets, too.
Review:
"Enchanting and captivating ... It is a book that is on another level" -- Judges' Report, New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (NZ)
"Elizabeth Knox tells an imaginative story with beautiful, intelligent writing. It is an intellectually passionate novel for young readers and adults who adore fantasy." -- The Dominion Post (NZ)
"Knox excels at creating imagined worlds that you occupy fully as a reader, in part due to her sensual detail, elevating itself beyond the traditional fable..." -- The New Zealand Herald
"a story to be experienced and relished." -- Magpies Magazine
Product Information
Winner NZ Post - Young Adult Fiction 2014. Finalist: New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2014
"This book is finely wrought magic from start to finish. It has brains; it has heart; it has people to fear and to fall in low with; and it all takes place in a totally beguiling world full of natural beauties, glittering puzzles and earthy problems. It's a rich and satisfying read" - Margo Lanagan, author of Tender Morsels.
Elizabeth Knox has published several novels for adults and children, as well as autobiographical novellas. Her acclaimed adult novel The Vintner's Luck (1998) was shortlisted for the Orange Prize in 1999, and was made into a feature film in 2009. In 2008, her YA novel Dreamquake won a American Library Association's Michael L Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature. Elizabeth lives in Wellington, New Zealand.
General Fields
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- : Gecko Press
- : Gecko Press
- : 0.49
- : March 2013
- : 210 mm x 140 mm
- : New Zealand
- : books
Special Fields
- : Elizabeth Knox
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 434
