A magisterial maritime fantasy from the Costa Award-winning Frances Hardinge, Deeplight probes the treacherous undertow of obsession and greed. Wrapped tight in evocative prose and sinuous, slithering atmosphere, this is a marvel of construction and technique.
From Frances Hardinge, the Costa Award-winning author of The Lie Tree comes Deeplight.
The gods of The Myriad were as real as the coastlines and currents, and as merciless as the winds and whirlpools. Now the gods are dead, but their remains are stirring beneath the waves ...
On the streets of the Island of Lady's Crave live 14-year-old street urchins Hark and his best friend Jelt. They are scavengers: diving for relics of the gods, desperate for anything they can sell. But there is something dangerous in the deep waters of the undersea, calling to someone brave enough to retrieve it.
When the waves try to claim Jelt, Hark will do anything to save him. Even if it means compromising not just who Jelt is, but what he is...
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781509836956
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 570 g
Dimensions: 223 x 145 x 45 mm
Hardinge creates an entire world and furnishes it with wonders. Pure magic. - M.R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts
Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now - Patrick Ness
In Deeplight, Hardinge's unparalleled, terrifying imagination illuminates an underwater world filled with the potent debris of departed gods, and the desperate ambitions of the humans who seek it. No one else writes quite like her - every new book is something extraordinary to be celebrated. - Imogen Russell Williams
Electrifyingly good - Amanda Craig, New Statesman
A novel by Hardinge is always an event - Sunday Times
Frances Hardinge has joined the company of writers whose books I will always seek out and read - Garth Nix
There is no mistaking the distinctive voice and vividly crafted prose of Frances Hardinge. She is a writer who delights in language, and whose stories fizz with ideas, allusions and eccentric detail - Metro
Costa award-winner Hardinge is on top form. - Sally Morris, Daily Mail
The high priestess of Gothic brings a whole world to meticulous and terrifying life, as two boys stumble upon a secret as frightening as it is wonderful. Deeply, marvellously haunting. - Marianne Levy, i Weekend
A magical fantasy adventure from the award-winning author of The Lie Tree. - Sunday Express
A feat of impressive world-building and imagination. - The Times - Children's Books of the Year
This is a dazzling deep-sea tale. - The Financial Times
Hardinge’s surreal powers of world-building combine with her astute understanding of relationships to create a weird, wonderful, beguiling novel. - The Guardian - Best Books of the Year
Frances Hardinge is among the most original writers working today and Deeplight (Macmilllan) one of her finest books yet. She's a writer who defies easy categorisation; this will entice older children and beyond. - Fiona Noble, The Observer - The New Review
Frances Hardinge is among the most original writers working today and Deeplight (Macmillan) one of her finest books yet. Here, her dazzling imagination has conjured the Myriad archipelago, a strange world of undersea gods, lush mythology and Lovecraftian submersibles. Two very human boys, orphans turned scavengers, make a dangerousdiscovery that drives a thrilling and unpredictable plot. She’s a writer who defies easy categorisation; this will entice older children and far beyond - Observer
The writing is exquisite and adults will enjoy it as much as teenagers - Daily Express - Christmas Books round-up
It’s a great adventure, you really believe in the world that Frances has created - CLPE
Frances Hardinge has to be one of the most original and ingenious authors writing at the moment. Every one of her books brings something new to the table and opens up whole new worlds and ideas that send the... More
I'm a huge fan of France Hardinge and rush to consume any new offering, so I jumped at the chance to get an advance copy of this title and Deeplight absolutely did not disappoint! Hardinge has crafted a fabulous... More
Frances Harding's writing continues in her unique literary, lyrical magical way as her other novel have. I couldn't help but read this until the very end in only a couple of sessions. Such talented writing.... More
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