Overview
Journey to the world of the Queen's Thief in this beautifully illustrated collection, featuring bestselling and award-winning author Megan Whalen Turner's charismatic and incorrigible thief, Eugenides. Discover and rediscover friends old and new, and explore the inspiration behind Megan Whalen Turner's rich and original world. A stunning and collectible volume to return to again and again. This collectible companion to the New York Times-bestselling Queen's Thief series is ideal for longtime fans, as well as listeners discovering Megan Whalen Turner's epic and unforgettable world for the first time. The collection includes all of the author's previously published short fiction set in the world of the Queen's Thief, as well as never-before-published stories, vignettes and excerpts, poetry and rhymes, a guide to objects from museums around the world that inspired the author, and a very special recipe for almond cake. The kings and queens of Eddis, Attolia, and Sounis all make unforgettable appearances, as do beloved and surprising characters from throughout the series and beyond. Meet Eugenides as a young boy in Breia's Earrings, and Irene as a young princess in The Princess and the Pastry Chef. The six novels in the acclaimed and bestselling Queen's Thief series are rich with political machinations, divine intervention, dangerous journeys, battles lost and won, power, passion, and deception. This volume features an introduction by the author. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
Full Product Details
Author: Megan Whalen Turner ,
Steve West ,
Steve West
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: HarperCollins
Dimensions:
Width: 14.80cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 14.40cm
Weight: 0.091kg
ISBN: 9798212039321
Publication Date: 01 November 2022
Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
This series finale has everything readers could hope for from a conclusion twenty years in the making. -- School Library Journal (starred review) on Return of the Thief
Author Information
"Megan Whalen Turner is the New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of five stand-alone novels set in the world of the Queen's Thief. Return of the Thief marks her long-awaited conclusion to the epic and unforgettable story of the thief Eugenides--a story more than twenty years in the making. She has been awarded a Newbery Honor and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature. She has twice been a finalist for the Andre Norton Award and won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature. Steve West is a London born, award-winning actor and voice artist based in Los Angeles. Career highlights include performing for the Queen at Buckingham Palace, being killed by Chucky ""the killer doll"" in the cult movie Seed of Chucky, appearing in AMC's hit series Mad Men, and playing the lead in Sony's epic video game The Order: 1886. He has recorded over 200 audiobooks across all genres and has won 13 awards, including over 10 Earphones Awards; The AudioFile & Romantic Times' Best Romance Narrator of The year, and a SOVAS. He also has multiple Audie nominations to his name."
