Paul Stewart Livres

Fergus, 10 ans, est un petit garçon rêveur. Tous les jours, il se rend sur le navire-école Betty-Jeanne, une école un peu bizarre. Un jour, une étrange boîte métallique volante pénètre par la fenêtre de sa chambre, contenant le message d'un certain oncle Théo qui l'informe qu'il court un grand danger. Puis un cheval volant mécanique vient le chercher pour l'emporter vers des contrées lointaines.

As-tu envie de découvrir le pays de l'âne enrhumé, de la chèvre rieuse et du cochon dansant? Parviendras-tu à déjouer les terribles complots de la confrérie des clowns? Et surtout, perceras-tu le mystère de la créature enfermée dans la cale du navire? Oui? Alors si tu ne souffres pas du mal de mer, tu es prêt pour la plus extraordinaire des traversées ... [payot.ch]

Auras-tu le courage de parcourir le monde à bord d'un traîneau volant? Oseras-tu affronter l'ignoble scélérat qui terrorise les habitants de Port-du-Haut? Et surtout, perceras-tu le mystère des drolatiques, énigmatiques et fantomatiques géants des neiges? Oui? Alors accroche-toi aux manettes, et décolle pour un voyage inoubliable !

Twig Verginix has gained a formidable reputation as the young sky pirate captain who dared to sail over the Edge. But far out in open sky a storm is brewing. In its path lies Sanctaphrax – the great floating city tethered to the land by a massive chain. Twig has learned of the approaching danger, but a perilous voyage destroys his sky ship, hurling his crew into and beyond the Deepwoods and robbing Twig of his memories. The race against the storm begins, as Twig struggles to reach Sanctaphrax and save its inhabitants before it is too late . . . Midnight Over Sanctaphrax is the third book of the Twig Saga – second trilogy in The Edge Chronicles, the internationally best-selling fantasy series, which has featured on the UK and the New York Times best-seller lists and sold more than 3 million copies. There are now 13 titles and four trilogies in the series, but each book is a stand-alone adventure, so you can read The Edge Chronicles in any order you choose.

Paul Stewart is a former England and Tottenham footballer who found himself at the heart of the soccer child abuse scandal which made national newspaper front page headlines in 2016. This is his searingly honest, heartfelt and moving tale of surviving abuse and overcoming the personal problems and drug addiction it caused.

When young librarian knight Rook Barkwater is taken captive and forced to work for Vox Verlix – nominally the Most High Academe, but no more than a prisoner in reality – he stumbles across a terrible truth. Vox is brewing a plot to destroy the goblins and the shrykes at a stroke, so that he can seize control of the Edgeworld for himself. Can Rook foil Vox's plan and save the lives of his librarian friends and colleagues? Vox is the second book of the Rook Saga – third trilogy in The Edge Chronicles, the internationally best-selling fantasy series, which has featured on the UK and the New York Times best-seller lists and sold more than 3 million copies. There are now 13 titles and four trilogies in the series, but each book is a stand-alone adventure, so you can read The Edge Chronicles in any order you choose.

The narrative unfolds in a harsh landscape where a herd of greywyrmes is decimated for their valuable flameoil, highlighting the brutality of exploitation. As settlers push into the treacherous high country, they face perilous conditions, with the remains of the fallen serving as a grim reminder of the dangers ahead. The story captures the tension between nature and human greed, revealing the stark realities of survival amidst a backdrop of violence and desperation.