![]() ![]() And Carrion, along with his fiendish grandmother, Mater Motley, suspects that whatever Candy is, she could spoil his plans to take control of the Abarat. And what we therefore lose in terror, we more than make up for in intricacy and empathy. she has been to Abarat before and now carries with her the means to save the land from the Prince of Midnight, Christopher Carrion, a character which. What would Carrion want with a girl from Minnesota? And why is Candy beginning to feel that the world of the Abarat is familiar to her? Why can she speak words of magic she doesn't even remember learning? There is a mystery here. In Abarat, we spend time inside even 'evil' Christopher Carrion's head. Christopher Carrion, the Lord of Midnight, has sent his henchmen to capture her. ![]() Candy Quackenbush, escaping her dull, dull life from the most boring place in our world, Chickentown, USA, finds that in the Abarat, she has another existence entirely, one which links her to marvels and mysteries and even to murder! In this, the second volume in Clive Barker's extraordinary fantasy for both adults and children, Candy's adventures in the amazing world of the Abarat are getting more stranger by the Hour. The Abarat is a magical otherworld composed on an archipelago of twenty-five islands - one for each hour of the day, plus an island out of time. This work is a dazzling fantasy adventure for all ages. And what we therefore lose in terror, we more than make up for in intricacy and empathy. ©2002 Clive Barker (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.Print Days of Magic, Nights of War (Abarat #2) In Abarat, we spend time inside even 'evil' Christopher Carrion's head. Forces older than Time itself, and more evil than anything Candy has ever encountered. A land made up of twenty-five islands, each one representing one hour of the day, each one a unique place of adventure and danger (and one mysterious place out of time), all ruled over by the evil Christopher Carrion, Lord of Midnight, and his monstrous grandmother, Mater Motley. Where? To the Abarat: a vast archipelago where every island is a different hour of the day, from The Great Head that sits in the mysterious twilight waters of Eight in the Evening, to the sunlit wonders of Three in the Afternoon, where dragons roam, to the dark terrors of Gorgossium, the island of Midnight, ruled over by the Prince of Midnight himself, Christopher Carrion.Ĭandy has a place in this extraordinary world: she is here to help save the Abarat from the dark forces that are stirring at its heart. 'Abarat: an archipelago of amazement and wonder. Out of nowhere comes a wave, and Candy, led by a man called John Mischief (whose brothers live on the horns on his head), leaps into the surging waters and is carried away. When the answer comes, it's not one she expects. Memories of the Worlds End After Book 2, Christopher Carrion washes ashore on Idjit and is taken in by three sisters. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold. Christopher Carrion is one of the main characters in the Abarat series, and functions as the primary antagonist of its first two installments Abarat and Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War. It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. ![]()
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