Praise for
'McNish has an extraordinary, inventive mind, matched by his skill in translating ideas, characters and raw emotions onto the page ... Silver World offers a wholly satisfying conclusion to the trilogy ... takes the reader into uncharted territory, manipulating language in the most extraordinary way.' The Guardian An outstanding fantasy novel for a wide readership ... McNish's imagination is extraordinary; the atmosphere is, by turn, both exciting and chilling; colourful and compelling. An irresistible fantasy with a tremendous Carousel climax.' 'Extraordinarily inventive ... The characters [in Silver World] are so rich and heart-warming, the suspense so gripping and intense that I couldn't put the book down. I fervently recommend this fantastic conclusion to a brilliant trilogy.' Teen Titles 'Tense action sequences blossom into a joyous, fulfilling conclusion, but it is the imagery - lyrical, mysterious, haunting - that will linger.' The Horn Book Guide
By Cliff McNish The Doomspell Trilogy The Doomspell The Scent of Magic The Wizard’s Promise The Silver Sequence The Silver Child Silver City Silver World FOR OLDER READERS The Hunting Ground Savannah Grey Breathe: A Ghost Story Angel FOR YOUNGER READERS Going Home My Friend Twigs The Winter Wolf
First published in Great Britain in 2005 by Orion Children’s Books Paperback edition first published in 2006 by Orion Children’s Books This edition published in 2017 by Doomspell Books 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4
Text copyright © Cliff McNish, 2005 Illustrations copyright © Geoff Taylor, 2005
The moral rights of the author and illustrator have been asserted. All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published an and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978 0 9955821 8 7
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For my brothers - Andy, Michael, Paul and Aldous and my sister, Caron