The Book of Lies
James Moloney
A spectacular fantasy adventure, where three children, led by Marcel, battle against the Book of Lies to find their true identities.What is the Book of Lies? It is a collection of all the lies ever told… If you open the Book and tell a lie the Book has not heard, it will add it to its collection. If you tell the Book a lie it has heard before, it will speak the lie out loud. If the Book speaks a lie over and over, it will convince you it is the truth, so a lie and the truth become one…In the dead of night, an unconscious boy is brought to an orphanage. All traces of anything that could identify the boy are removed, including the gold ring he wears, engraved with the name Marcel. A book is placed in front of the boy and opened. But this is no ordinary book – it is the Book of Lies. A powerful magic user, Lord Alwyn, uses the lies the Book contains to erase Marcel’s former life, and give him a new identity.But there is someone else in the room, someone who fills Marcel’s ears with wax to prevent him absorbing the lies flowing from the Book. For Marcel is not the only orphan who has had his identity changed by the Book of Lies, and he is soon thrown into an adventure that will see him encounter wolves, a flying horse, elves, a usurper king and his army and enchanted prisons. But the final battle will be with the Book of Lies itself, as only it can provide Marcel with his true identity.
THE BOOK OF LIES
JAMES MOLONEY
Dedication (#uda7e695c-64fa-5e40-bf20-947669ecbe63)
For Charlotte and Sydney. Welcome to the world.
Contents
COVER (#u7f4bda1e-a82f-56d5-8681-b516f31ed05b)
TITLE PAGE (#ue69451f4-9e44-5f3c-a8f4-bdf98fdc6501)
DEDICATION (#uf415fce9-0a79-5443-a5be-08a8161a6602)
PROLOGUE (#udd98fd0c-5ba0-5ac6-bc51-b56f9913a70b)
PART ONE (#ubf0ae036-ed18-57de-9d9b-71c99305d9c7)
CHAPTER 1 Mrs Timmins’ Home for Orphans and Foundlings (#ueb7f287f-d6d9-50e4-a2c0-695c3e2192ba)
CHAPTER 2 Lord Alwyn (#ub4b0ccf6-92a5-5abc-af31-943cff951f9f)
CHAPTER 3 Old Belch (#u2c9553be-297e-5019-be27-4243682feec8)
CHAPTER 4 The Race (#u2056e036-6f93-59fd-86bf-b9321cdebf6d)
CHAPTER 5 The Book of Lies (#ueb603d95-b11f-5244-8d7f-6effacdc8b6c)
CHAPTER 6 Whispers in the Orchard (#ub55c2632-82e8-5b7b-9334-032e3a4df653)
CHAPTER 7 Pandemonium (#u93d29ef0-0eda-5ee8-a64a-e560b4259371)
PART TWO (#u740a3e8d-49e9-5240-9867-8492352528b8)
CHAPTER 8 The Forest (#ued6f37e9-7123-5a15-beae-aafcd6aecb41)
CHAPTER 9 A Verse in Golden Letters (#uf20119c0-693c-5632-9b62-c47558460de2)
CHAPTER 10 Journey’s End (#ue563ea31-9dad-5852-a4b0-04fd0a76a6cf)
CHAPTER 11 In a Cellar Beneath the City (#ud4ef37d0-1267-5797-ad42-7abeff352d8c)
CHAPTER 12 The True and Rightful Heirs (#u7ae96692-8a93-5ea1-8f72-4f48fc91d4f9)
CHAPTER 13 Long Beard (#u9aba1edc-cb01-5d3d-a598-d53bf65203d8)
CHAPTER 14 Lenoth Crag (#uaf68aa3c-3b4b-51d5-823f-ed71cd935b75)
CHAPTER 15 The Ones You Love Can Be the First to Die (#u2d42da1c-ac06-5c47-958d-51178d1c7e1f)
CHAPTER 16 Saving Bea (#u136832aa-ae4d-5df6-94cc-c264768bc931)
PART THREE (#u2dd576ff-0a41-5559-ae02-9946651ab68c)
CHAPTER 17 Return to the Chamber (#u71af734f-4bb0-5c1d-b392-2ce0ec1a84d2)
CHAPTER 18 Astounding Truths and Magic Tricks (#uc7e4a83b-7b3b-5277-b595-17c82e44974f)
CHAPTER 19 The Tapestry (#u6af23bd0-3641-51aa-bb76-740866e1acdf)
CHAPTER 20 A Waning Magic (#uca8be17b-ff21-5437-a35d-af9bea8e313b)
CHAPTER 21 Sparks in the Darkness (#u433c61fe-30fa-58bf-b27a-4da43b5e096d)
CHAPTER 22 Let Slip the Beast (#u554cb5f9-eb32-5836-b653-13c88203bb51)
EPILOGUE (#ufbfe014e-58cb-5bf0-b8aa-55c32eb19e14)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (#u4fca7de5-74b3-5a4b-975d-ea155fce9b7f)
COPYRIGHT (#u12d5d88d-2957-5d33-ac42-9c1bc9d67cba)
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER (#u56148ee3-e655-5e70-9a00-c3a6d9a9c68e)
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Тип: электронная книга
Жанр: Детская фантастика
Язык: на английском языке
Издательство: HarperCollins
Дата публикации: 16.04.2024
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О книге: A spectacular fantasy adventure, where three children, led by Marcel, battle against the Book of Lies to find their true identities.What is the Book of Lies? It is a collection of all the lies ever told… If you open the Book and tell a lie the Book has not heard, it will add it to its collection. If you tell the Book a lie it has heard before, it will speak the lie out loud. If the Book speaks a lie over and over, it will convince you it is the truth, so a lie and the truth become one…In the dead of night, an unconscious boy is brought to an orphanage. All traces of anything that could identify the boy are removed, including the gold ring he wears, engraved with the name Marcel. A book is placed in front of the boy and opened. But this is no ordinary book – it is the Book of Lies. A powerful magic user, Lord Alwyn, uses the lies the Book contains to erase Marcel’s former life, and give him a new identity.But there is someone else in the room, someone who fills Marcel’s ears with wax to prevent him absorbing the lies flowing from the Book. For Marcel is not the only orphan who has had his identity changed by the Book of Lies, and he is soon thrown into an adventure that will see him encounter wolves, a flying horse, elves, a usurper king and his army and enchanted prisons. But the final battle will be with the Book of Lies itself, as only it can provide Marcel with his true identity.