The story continues Candy's journey in the extraordinary world of the Abarat with familiar friends and new foes. The book contains more than 125 full color illustrations.
It is a dystopian fantasy-adventure which follows the story of Candy Quackenbush and her journeys through the world of the Abarat.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.The first edition cover of Absolute Midnight.Ībsolute Midnight is the third book in the Abarat series by Clive Barker. He shares his house with seven dogs, three cockatiels, several undomesticated geckoes, an African gray parrot called Smokey, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot called Malingo. Barker has been working on a vast array of paintings to illuminate the text of The Books of Abarat, more than one hundred and twenty-five of which can be found within this volume. He is also an acclaimed painter, film producer, and director. About the Author:Ĭlive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times bestsellers Abarat Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War and The Thief of Always. She will darken the skies, putting out the suns, moons, and stars. And soon she discovers a secret plot, masterminded by the diabolical Mater Motley, who is obsessed with becoming Empress of the Islands. The problem is that trouble finds Candy wherever she goes. Only midnight, absolute and eternal.”Īnd so begins a new chapter in the epic story of sixteen-year-old Candy Quackenbush and her journeys through the world of the Abarat, where every hour is an island in one eternal day, and nothing is as it seems.Ĭandy travels through the Abarat from island to island and across the sea with an unlikely band of friends: the escaped prisoner Malingo the Geshrat, the quarrelsome John Brothers, who all share the same body but never the same opinion, and the many other colorful characters they meet along the way. “I know that many of you here have waited years for this Hour,” Mater Motley said, using that voice that, though it was barely conversational in volume, was somehow heard everywhere.
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