Stone Heart
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
London has never felt so alive — or so dangerous — as it does in Charlie Fletcher's Stone Heart, the first installment of the thrilling Stoneheart Trilogy. When twelve-year-old George Chapman accidentally breaks a small dragon carving on the facade of the Natural History Museum, he unwittingly shatters the ancient truce that has kept two warring worlds in uneasy peace, plunging himself into a hidden London where the stone statues and bronze monuments of the city walk, breathe, and wage an eternal war between the Spits — statues made in the likeness of real people — and the Taints, grotesque and monstrous figures born of mankind's darkest imagination. Fletcher's debut novel is a triumph of world-building, transforming the familiar landmarks of London into a breathtaking mythological battleground that crackles with tension and invention. Written with cinematic urgency and a richly layered sense of history, the narrative argues that the city itself is a living text, its monuments and carvings the accumulated memory of human ambition and folly. With George's fate inextricably bound to that of a stone Gunner and a fierce girl named Edie, the story builds to a climax that will leave readers questioning just how much of the world around them truly stands still.
Author: Charlie Fletcher
Format: Hardback
Genre: Fantasy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
London has never felt so alive — or so dangerous — as it does in Charlie Fletcher's Stone Heart, the first installment of the thrilling Stoneheart Trilogy. When twelve-year-old George Chapman accidentally breaks a small dragon carving on the facade of the Natural History Museum, he unwittingly shatters the ancient truce that has kept two warring worlds in uneasy peace, plunging himself into a hidden London where the stone statues and bronze monuments of the city walk, breathe, and wage an eternal war between the Spits — statues made in the likeness of real people — and the Taints, grotesque and monstrous figures born of mankind's darkest imagination. Fletcher's debut novel is a triumph of world-building, transforming the familiar landmarks of London into a breathtaking mythological battleground that crackles with tension and invention. Written with cinematic urgency and a richly layered sense of history, the narrative argues that the city itself is a living text, its monuments and carvings the accumulated memory of human ambition and folly. With George's fate inextricably bound to that of a stone Gunner and a fierce girl named Edie, the story builds to a climax that will leave readers questioning just how much of the world around them truly stands still.