The Extinction Gambit - The Extraordinaires Series #1

Pryor, Michael

ISBN 10: 186471820X / ISBN 13: 9781864718201

Published by Random House, Australia, 2011

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Medium Trade Paperback. 376 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Random House, Australia, 2011. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are lightly browned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Kingsley Ward is in dire trouble. Instead of thrilling the audience with his death-defying escapology, his first performance ends in disaster when his hidden wolfish nature bursts free. That same night, his father is abducted and his home ransacked. To find his father and redeem himself, Kingsley braves the Demimonde, a mysterious parallel world. He is soon the target of two warring factions: immortal magicians whose diabolical plans will create mayhem at the 1908 Olympics, and the last Neanderthals, whose vengeance will wipe out humankind. Kingsley is in dire need of help and the famous author Rudyard Kipling is willing to assist, but why is he so interested in Kingsley? Another person on his side is Evadne Stephens, juggler, weaponsmith, and Demimonde expertbut what does her mercurial nature conceal? Bizarre plots and sinister magic; the extraordinary is about to happen. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; ISBN/EAN: 9781864718201. Inventory No: 23080263.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Extinction Gambit - The Extraordinaires Series #1
• Publisher: Random House, Australia
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 186471820X
• ISBN 13: 9781864718201
• Binding: Medium Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children & Young Adult

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Synopsis

Pryor's newest hero Kingsley Ward must not only stop immortal magicians from altering history and Neanderthals set out to destroy the world, but simultaneously rescue his father from an almost certain doom

Kingsley Ward is in dire trouble. Instead of thrilling the audience with his death-defying escapology, his first performance ends in disaster when his hidden wolfish nature bursts free. That same night, his father is abducted and his home ransacked. To find his father and redeem himself, Kingsley braves the Demimonde, a mysterious parallel world. He is soon the target of two warring factions: immortal magicians whose diabolical plans will create mayhem at the 1908 Olympics, and the last Neanderthals, whose vengeance will wipe out humankind. Kingsley is in dire need of help and the famous author Rudyard Kipling is willing to assist, but why is he so interested in Kingsley? Another person on his side is Evadne Stephens, juggler, weaponsmith, and Demimonde expert&;but what does her mercurial nature conceal? Bizarre plots and sinister magic; the extraordinary is about to happen.

About the Author

Michael Pryor is the author of The Chronicles of Krangor and The Laws of Magic series. He has been shortlisted six times for the Aurealis Award, including for his titles Blaze of Glory and Heart of Gold.