The Book Of Sand Av Theo Clare

<p><b>The Book of Sand</b>: the first novel in an <u>epic </u>series created by one of the most gifted and invented storytellers of the twenty-first century.<br><br><b>''Shocking and satisfying ...a compelling, absorbingly different quest fantasy''</b><i>Guardian</i><br><b>''An utterly original novel from an extraordinarily creative mind'' Karin Slaughter</b><br><b>''Unique and fearless'' </b>Mark Billingham<br><b>''I inhaled it! It''s beautifully written and utterly compelling'' </b>Harriet Tyce<br><b>''Fearless and compelling, lyrical and devastating by turns, the story never slackens pace.'' </b>Jane Corry<br>______________<br><b><br>SAND. A hostile world of burning sun.</b><br><br>Outlines of several once-busy cities shimmer on the horizon. Now empty of inhabitants, their buildings lie in ruins.<br><br>In the distance a group of people - a family - walk towards us.<br><br>Ahead lies shelter: a ''shuck'' the family call home and which they know they must reach before the light fails