The Edge Chronicles: Rook Trilogy

Series · 3 books · 2002-2004

By Paul Stewart

Books in series

The Edge Chronicles 7

The Last of the Sky Pirates: First Book of Rook

2002

Rook Barkwater lives in the network of sewer-chambers beneath Undertown, the bustling main city of the Edgeworld. He dreams of becoming a librarian knight – one of those sent out to explore the mysteries of their world. Somewhere out there lie the secrets of the past – including the lost floating city of Sanctaphrax – and hope for a future free from the fear of tyranny. When his chance comes, Rook breaks all the rules and sets out on a journey to the Free Glades. His luck and determination lead him from one peril to another until he encounters a mysterious character – the last sky pirate – and is thrust into an extraordinary adventure. The Last of the Sky Pirates is the first book of the Rook Saga – third trilogy in The Edge Chronicles. 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 Edge Chronicles 8

Vox: Second Book of Rook

2003

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 Edge Chronicles 9

Freeglader: Third Book of Rook

2004

'We have to save the Free Glades . . . we must never surrender!' Undertown is destroyed! Dishevelled and homeless, those who once lived there—gnokgoblins, cloddertrogs, woodtrolls, waifs and many others—huddle by the ruins, preparing for a mass exodus across the Edgeworld to a new home in the Free Glades. Rook Barkwater, a young librarian knight, knows the journey will be perilous—across the desolation of the Mire, through the swirling mists of the Edgelands and on into the treacherous Deepwoods. Vengeful shrykes are :flocking to swoop on the travelers and predators are everywhere—wild muglumps, lumpskulls, spiderbats and flesh-eating plants. For those who survive and attempt to forge new lives in Free Glades, there are further dangers to come. For the in Nations, hordes of bloodthirsty goblins, are gather- Can Rook and his friends possibly withstand the goblin onslaught and preserve freedom in the Edgeworld?

Author

Paul Stewart

Author · 52 books

Paul Stewart is a highly regarded author of books for young readers – from picture books to football stories, fantasy and horror. Together with Chris Riddell he is co-creator of the bestselling Edge Chronicles, which has sold more than three million copies and is available in over twenty languages. They have also collaborated together on lots of other exciting books for children of all ages. The Far-Flung Adventure series includes the Gold Smarties Prize Winner Fergus Crane, and Corby Flood and Hugo Pepper, both Silver Nestle Prize Winners. Then there are the Barnaby Grimes books, two Muddle Earth adventures, and the sci-fi Scavenger and fantasy Wyrmeweald trilogies. For younger readers there is the Blobheads series, while for the very young, Paul has written several picture books, including the Rabbit and Hedgehog series, In the Dark of the Night and, his latest, Wings. Other authors by this name disambiguation Note: Paul Stewart - business and management books