Edge Chronicles 2: The Winter Knights

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<p>Quint Verginix has enrolled as a squire in the Knights Academy. After his training, he will be able to pilot stormchaser sky-ships into the heart of Great Storms, and retrieve the solidified lightning stormphrax to weigh down the floating rock on which Sanctaphrax is built. But as a freezing winter takes hold, and the city strains to break free of its tether, ancient feuds threaten to tear its people apart.</p><p>On his own, Quint can do nothing to help avert the impending doom. But with the help of a band of loyal friends he might just be able to avert disaster.</p><p><b>The Winter Knights</b>is the second book of the Quint Saga first trilogy in<i>The Edge Chronicles</i>, 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<i>The Edge Chronicles</i>in any order you choose.</p>

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<b>Paul Stewart (Author)</b> Paul Stewart is a highly regarded author of books for young readers - everything from picture books to football stories, fantasy and horror. Together with Chris Riddell, he is co-creator of the bestselling<i>Edge Chronicles</i>series, which has sold over three million books and is now available in over thirty languages. They are also co-creators of the<i>Far-Flung Adventure</i>series, which includes<i>Fergus Crane</i>, Gold Smarties Prize Winner,<i>Corby Flood</i>and<i>Hugo Pepper,</i>Silver Nestle Prize Winners, and the<i>Barnaby Grimes</i>Series. <b>Chris Riddell (Author)</b> Chris Riddell is an acclaimed artist of childrens books and a political cartoonist for the Observer. Amongst other titles, Chris illustrates the<i>Ottoline</i>young fiction series and<i>the Goth Girl</i>series, as well as working closely with Paul Stewart on the<i>Edge Chronicles</i>and<i>Wyrmeweald</i>. Children's Laureate from 2015-2017, he has won many awards for his work, including the Nestlé Gold Award, the UNESCO Award for<i>Something Else</i>and the rare honour of three Kate Greenaway Medals.

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