A thrilling adventure trilogy for all fantasy fans, children and adults alike. The first title in the trilogy, Mirrorscape, makes a return to the bookshelves of fantasy fans with a brand new cover in June 2009. Also available in June is the action-packed sequel, Mirrorstorm, and fans of the series won’t have long to wait for the final instalment Mirrorshade, which will follow in September 2009. Filled with fantastical creatures in an incredibly visual secret world, the artist and illustrator Mike Wilks brings his extraordinary visual imagination from the canvas to the page.
Mirrorscape synopsis
Fulfilling the dream of a lifetime, Melkin Womper is apprenticed to a master painter, Ambrosius Blenk. Son of a village weaver, Mel is over-awed by the master’s richly coloured and vividly detailed paintings. He is particularly amazed by the colours, because there are no colours back home. To have colour in your life, you have to buy the Pleasure from the sinister scarlet-robed Fifth Mystery.
Soon, Mel and his new friends Ludo and Wren find themselves caught in a power struggle between the Mystery and the master. One that involves stepping through paintings into a world where the bizarre is commonplace and all logic is irrelevant. A world where angels, pyramid mazes, imaginary monsters, talking houses and - most importantly - the simple paintbrush all combine to form a hugely original and deeply compelling fantasy.
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Mirrorstorm synopsis
This sequel involved kidnap, tunnel-licking monsters and a battalion of moth bodyguards! Mel, Ludo and Wren are battling a new enemy - the sinister order of Ters, who have created storms over the city of Vlam. After a cry for help from a land in the Mirrorscape, the three friends go back into that strange and unpredictable world. They make new friends - and enemies - as they attempt to prevent the storms that threaten Vlam. But the Ters and the terrifying demon-slayer Morg are sniffing at their heels. And it seems there is a traitor in their midst. The fate of more than one world is balanced on the tip of a brush…An imaginative tour de force that will have you on the edge of your seat.
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Mirrorshade synopsis
In the last of the trilogy something has gone terribly wrong. Mel and his friends have been locked in Deep Trouble prison in the Mirrorscape, while their evil Mirrorshades - who look exactly like them - are free to cause havoc in Vlam. Luckily, their old friends Goldie and Pilfer are on hand to help them break out and try to prove their innocence. But arson, forgery and theft are the least of what their doubles have been up to. They’re involved in a plot that could destroy our heroes. The race to find the mysterious Mirrortree is on!
