Paperback. Chance Matthews has suffered enough tragedies. The latest—her grandfather's death—has left her shaken, convinced that she will always be alone. What she needs now is time—time to recover, time to determine what her future will be. What she doesn't need is a strange girl with alabaster skin who knows things about Chance she can't possibly know. This girl speaks of being charged by an angel to battle monsters and claims she cannot do it alone. She says she needs Chance's help. Chance doesn't believe in angels. Or monsters. But among the artifacts left by her geologist grandparents, there lies a fossil of a creature that couldn't possibly have ever existed. But it did. And still does. In this haunting new novel by the author of "Silk," Chance Matthews is drawn into a battle between angels and monsters because of something in her possession. She delves into the past to discover the secret of a strange fossil that shouldn't even exist. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Threshold (Paperback)
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc, New York
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0451458583
ISBN 13: 9780451458582
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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A strange girl speaks of being charged by an angel to battle monsters and claims she cannot do it alone. She needs Chance's help.

Chance Matthews has suffered enough tragedies. The latest--her grandfather's death--has left her shaken, convinced that she will always be alone. What she needs now is time--time to recover, time to determine what her future will be. What she doesn't need is a strange girl with alabaster skin who knows things about Chance she can't possibly know.

Chance doesn't believe in angels. Or monsters. But among the artifacts left by her geologist grandparents, there lies a fossil of a creature that couldn't possibly have ever existed.

But it did. And still does...

About the Author

Caitl�n R. Kiernan is a vertebrate paleontologist and author of many fantasy novels, including Silk, The Drowning Girl, Threshold, Low Red Moon, Murder of Angels, Daughter of Hounds, and The Red Tree. Her award-winning short fiction has been collected in six volumes.

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