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Die verschwundenen Schriftrollen
Vier geheimnisvolle Schriftrollen mit neuen Klippenland-Abenteuern Wie kam Himmelspirat Quint eigentlich zu seinem Namen »Wolkenwolf«? Was ist aus der Steinpilotin geworden, die seinen Sohn, Twig, am Quellgrund zurücklassen musste, um die drohende Katastrophe von Sanktaphrax abzuwenden? Können Rufus Zirbelstock und General Rook Waterbork erneut auftauchende Gefahren von den Freien Tälern abwenden? Antwort auf all diese Fragen geben vier Rindenrollen, die ein junger Bibliothekar eines Tages in der großen Bibliothek der Freien Täler findet. Und damit werden nicht nur die letzten Geheimnisse der Klippenland-Chroniken gelüftet: Es wird auch ein neues aufregendes Kapitel in der Geschichte des Klippenlandes aufgeschlagen ?
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First published January 1, 2001
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Paul Stewart
217 books919 followersPaul 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.
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August 30, 2018
A great addition to the series, exploring some characters and introducing new ones...a great read.
December 31, 2014
A delightful addition to the Edge Chronicles, complete with the usual excellent illustrations from Chris Riddell and a very helpful timeline to help us place the stories.
One of the things I appreciated was having more female protagonists for a change. Another was the filling in of little gaps which seemed to be missing from the main Chronicles, giving the whole history a more full feeling as well as a chance to touch on some of the races or characters which had previously only had passing mentions.
I particularly liked the The Stone Pilot story, as Maugin is one of my favourite characters, but The Blooding of Rufus Filatine is a great lead up to The Immortals. A lovely collection of exciting, poignant and entertaining stories. As ever, when reading one of these, I feel I want to go back and re-read some of the others to better re-acquaint myself with wider story.
One of the things I appreciated was having more female protagonists for a change. Another was the filling in of little gaps which seemed to be missing from the main Chronicles, giving the whole history a more full feeling as well as a chance to touch on some of the races or characters which had previously only had passing mentions.
I particularly liked the The Stone Pilot story, as Maugin is one of my favourite characters, but The Blooding of Rufus Filatine is a great lead up to The Immortals. A lovely collection of exciting, poignant and entertaining stories. As ever, when reading one of these, I feel I want to go back and re-read some of the others to better re-acquaint myself with wider story.
February 9, 2017
Companion books are great, even more when they include short stories! Being a huge fan of the series, it felt awesome to gain even more information about the world and lovely characters #teammaugin
It says a lot that people (in particular children) are still not weary of The Edge Chronicles after 8 books (each one is huge compared to the average children's book). I don't think there is another series where I read that many books and still loved every single one.
I felt that there was a lot of unknown additional information in the shortstories, which is not always a given. (I recently read the short-story-collection "Stars Above" and this was my main drawback)
I finally bought the books following after The Lost Barkscrolls and am super excited for them!
It says a lot that people (in particular children) are still not weary of The Edge Chronicles after 8 books (each one is huge compared to the average children's book). I don't think there is another series where I read that many books and still loved every single one.
I felt that there was a lot of unknown additional information in the shortstories, which is not always a given. (I recently read the short-story-collection "Stars Above" and this was my main drawback)
I finally bought the books following after The Lost Barkscrolls and am super excited for them!
March 23, 2016
I read the third book, 'The Slaughterer's Quest', since I'm rereading The Edge Chronicles chronologically. Lovely story!
UPDATE: Haven't finished the story yet, but planning to finish it this evening. Switching to another edition because my copy has 438 pages. Reading 'The Blooding of Rufus Filatine'.
UPDATE: Haven't finished the story yet, but planning to finish it this evening. Switching to another edition because my copy has 438 pages. Reading 'The Blooding of Rufus Filatine'.
January 10, 2021
Inessential stories of varying quality; only diehards ought to bother with this one, I think. It seems that newer editions of some of the books include these stories as little bonuses, which is fine, except in the case of turning "Cloud Wolf" into the first few chapters of Curse of the Gloamglozer, which I think would muddy a lot of the narrative tension and build happening at the start of that book.
I also don't know why the word 'standalone' has appeared in this book's title, as it appears nowhere on the book itself. This is a frustration generally of the same type as my usual frustration at the Edge Chronicles being rebranded as one giant series to be read in chronological order; a decision that does the books themselves more harm than good, in my view. Anyway, as to these short stories, let's take them one at a time.
"Cloud Wolf" is a fun little adventure, a sky pirate jaunt, with action and treachery; an all-round good time. It doesn't add anything per se--the relationship between Quint and his father was clear enough, and I don't know that anybody was urgently wondering why exactly Wind Jackal and Quint were a tad late at the start of Curse--but there's no real internal criticism I can offer to the story itself.
"The Stone Pilot" takes a long view of that character's history, told in first-person, which I'm fairly certain is a first for this series. This was my least favourite story by far; it's not a story that needed to be told, and it doesn't provide us with anything new, full of locations and emotional/plot beats that we've seen before. The voice, too, is unconvincing, the first-person of Maugin being functionally indistinct from Stewart's regular third-person narration, leading to questions of why bother with the device at all.
"The Slaughterer's Quest" picks things up a bit. This is a very Beyond the Deepwoods-style story, which, as my first Edge book, is always going to bring me joy. In fact, it deliberately echoes that story by having the protagonist here be Twig's daughter, Keris. Her quest to find out what happened to her father has no real conclusion, but the rambling journey is still enjoyable. There are new locations and creatures, as well as a great deal of old friends. Despite almost a full chapter sidetracking into and the aforementioned lack of a real ending, it still managed to relight some of the old magic.
"The Blooding of Rufus Filatine" takes us further forward, to a tale of a new Freeglade Lancer. Like the previous story, this one is concerned with the next generation, sometimes to an almost silly degree. Again there's a couple of old friends, but the main concern here is ushering in a new age, bringing about a third age of flight. I always find this series at its best when it drags the whole universe into a drastically different status quo, so this little teaser for another one of those upsets intrigued me. Inevitably onwards to The Immortals.
I also don't know why the word 'standalone' has appeared in this book's title, as it appears nowhere on the book itself. This is a frustration generally of the same type as my usual frustration at the Edge Chronicles being rebranded as one giant series to be read in chronological order; a decision that does the books themselves more harm than good, in my view. Anyway, as to these short stories, let's take them one at a time.
"Cloud Wolf" is a fun little adventure, a sky pirate jaunt, with action and treachery; an all-round good time. It doesn't add anything per se--the relationship between Quint and his father was clear enough, and I don't know that anybody was urgently wondering why exactly Wind Jackal and Quint were a tad late at the start of Curse--but there's no real internal criticism I can offer to the story itself.
"The Stone Pilot" takes a long view of that character's history, told in first-person, which I'm fairly certain is a first for this series. This was my least favourite story by far; it's not a story that needed to be told, and it doesn't provide us with anything new, full of locations and emotional/plot beats that we've seen before. The voice, too, is unconvincing, the first-person of Maugin being functionally indistinct from Stewart's regular third-person narration, leading to questions of why bother with the device at all.
"The Slaughterer's Quest" picks things up a bit. This is a very Beyond the Deepwoods-style story, which, as my first Edge book, is always going to bring me joy. In fact, it deliberately echoes that story by having the protagonist here be Twig's daughter, Keris. Her quest to find out what happened to her father has no real conclusion, but the rambling journey is still enjoyable. There are new locations and creatures, as well as a great deal of old friends. Despite almost a full chapter sidetracking into and the aforementioned lack of a real ending, it still managed to relight some of the old magic.
"The Blooding of Rufus Filatine" takes us further forward, to a tale of a new Freeglade Lancer. Like the previous story, this one is concerned with the next generation, sometimes to an almost silly degree. Again there's a couple of old friends, but the main concern here is ushering in a new age, bringing about a third age of flight. I always find this series at its best when it drags the whole universe into a drastically different status quo, so this little teaser for another one of those upsets intrigued me. Inevitably onwards to The Immortals.
September 14, 2023
These four gripping stories, which expound on events mentioned in passing in the first three trilogies of the Edge, were a treat to read. Having read them will make my inevitable next reading of the Edge Chronicles in its entirety that much more engaging and immersive. I hope that, one day, "The Sky Chart" will be available for purchase in the U.S. so I can also read the tale of Twig's birth, which I am hungrier than a starved prowlgrin for! Until then, I will treasure the many stories of the Edge that I have had the privilege of partaking in!
August 8, 2021
This book was a nice little addendum to several other stories, some of them were longer and more interesting than others to fill in the gaps in the overarching storyline but this books is not really critical to the main storyline itself
July 13, 2019
4.75/5
Cloud Wolf 5
The Stone Pilot 5
The Slaughterer’s Quest 4
The Blooding of Rufus Filatine 5
Cloud Wolf 5
The Stone Pilot 5
The Slaughterer’s Quest 4
The Blooding of Rufus Filatine 5
July 22, 2019
This has a handy timeline that is helpful and some gaps are filled in. (Also, a couple of discrepancies made very obvious... But hey, it’s a series that grew organically, I imagine.)
April 9, 2021
Another trip tp the edge. This time to witness four stories that take place in between trilogies. Some great short stories that really do tie the overarching narrative together.
September 2, 2020
'The Lost Barkscrolls' is a collection of four short stories set in the universe of 'The Edge' spanning across the timeline of the original three trilogies. I believe two of these stories had been previously published and the other two were written for this collection. As with previous short story collections, this will be more a collection of mini reviews, with a final conclusion summarising my thoughts on the collection as a whole.
'Cloud Wolf'
The stories are arranged in order from shortest to longest and this is the shortest. I think it was originally published as a world book day novella, possibly as one of those books that is two stories stuck together and you flip it upside down to read the other one. It tells the story of Quint earning his sky pirate captain name in a battle against a large league ship. It's a pretty enjoyable adventure story that doesn't outstay its welcome, and Quint seems to have more of a character than usual. My only issues are the twist with 'Pen' being heavily telegraphed and the part were they try to disguise themselves in goblin uniforms is pretty stupid as they clearly aren't goblins. Overall, I enjoyed this story. I'll give it three stars.
'The Stone Pilot'
The Stone Pilot tells the story of Maugin, one of the best characters in the series, telling the story of how she was separated from her people and ended up as a stone pilot. It's told in first person retrospective, and this style helps to bring across both the terror and confusion of Maugin's childhood and the sorrow of her old age. It's a great little story. My only complaint is one line a villain says. 'The tortures shall be exquisite'. This man is planning to experiment on a child. He doesn't need to be made any more evil. This one gets four stars.
Perhaps this is a good time to bring up that one criticism of this series is the lack of compelling female characters. I agree with this somewhat. The Fourthlings are basically humans and all female Fourthling characters apart from Maris in 'Clash of the Sky Galleons' are pretty underdeveloped and boring. And I wouldn't be surprised if half the women in the series are shrykes, who mostly have very similar personalities. That said, a lot of the male characters suffer from being to similar, Quint and Rook being the first example that comes to mind.
I bring this up because the next story also has a female protagonist, and a character that I feel was done a disservice by the Rook trilogy.
'The Slaughterer's Quest'
'The Slaughterer's Quest' is significantly longer than the previous two stories. It follows Keris, Twig's daughter, on her journey to find out what happened to him. It benefits greatly from having a protagonist with an actual personality and character traits. Keris is curious, anxious and determined to find out about her father. When she leaves her family, unlike Rook, she actually misses them. The brief description of her memories of Twig is genuinely heart wrenching and makes her easier to sympathise with. While the story is much slower paced than the others and lacks a sense of danger, it remains an enjoyable read. The Blueshell Clam was also pretty cool and I liked the ending. The only bit I didn't like was one chapter begins with a massive infodump about the founding of the Free Glades. It's information most readers will already know and it goes on far too long. Four stars. I like this one.
I would rather have had a trilogy about Keris than have to read about her boring son. Instead, she dies offscreen so that Rook can be lovingly raised by yet more banderbears. It's a waste of a pretty decent character and it doesn't even make sense in the context of the story. Why would slavers murder a couple and leave their child to die instead of just, well, enslaving them?
'The Blooding of Rufus Filatine'
The Blooding of Rufus Filatine tells the story of Rufus, a Freeglade Lancer cadet, as he uncovers a plot to rebuild the discount-Mordor Foundry Glades, hatched by a trio of unpleasant individuals who have built a grenade factory. Although it's a fairly standard cadet earning his stripes story, the inclusion of the sinister Death Cheaters and the hints at the new creatures and technology of 'The Immortals' make it a fun and entertaining read. I have only two complaints. Firstly, the villain is just a rehash of Hemuel Spume with a burned face. He has no redeeming qualities and villains with facial scarring are overdone. Secondly, an illustration of Rook implies he fought at Lufwood Mount. I only finished 'Freeglader' yesterday. He did not. He ran away with his banderbear friends. Overall, this is a pretty entertaining read and I'll give this one four stars as well.
Overall, this is a solid collection of decent stories and I would certainly recommend it to fans of the series.
And now there is only one more book for me left to read before I have finished this reread. Hopefully 'The Immortals' will hold up better than the Rook trilogy did.
'Cloud Wolf'
The stories are arranged in order from shortest to longest and this is the shortest. I think it was originally published as a world book day novella, possibly as one of those books that is two stories stuck together and you flip it upside down to read the other one. It tells the story of Quint earning his sky pirate captain name in a battle against a large league ship. It's a pretty enjoyable adventure story that doesn't outstay its welcome, and Quint seems to have more of a character than usual. My only issues are the twist with 'Pen' being heavily telegraphed and the part were they try to disguise themselves in goblin uniforms is pretty stupid as they clearly aren't goblins. Overall, I enjoyed this story. I'll give it three stars.
'The Stone Pilot'
The Stone Pilot tells the story of Maugin, one of the best characters in the series, telling the story of how she was separated from her people and ended up as a stone pilot. It's told in first person retrospective, and this style helps to bring across both the terror and confusion of Maugin's childhood and the sorrow of her old age. It's a great little story. My only complaint is one line a villain says. 'The tortures shall be exquisite'. This man is planning to experiment on a child. He doesn't need to be made any more evil. This one gets four stars.
Perhaps this is a good time to bring up that one criticism of this series is the lack of compelling female characters. I agree with this somewhat. The Fourthlings are basically humans and all female Fourthling characters apart from Maris in 'Clash of the Sky Galleons' are pretty underdeveloped and boring. And I wouldn't be surprised if half the women in the series are shrykes, who mostly have very similar personalities. That said, a lot of the male characters suffer from being to similar, Quint and Rook being the first example that comes to mind.
I bring this up because the next story also has a female protagonist, and a character that I feel was done a disservice by the Rook trilogy.
'The Slaughterer's Quest'
'The Slaughterer's Quest' is significantly longer than the previous two stories. It follows Keris, Twig's daughter, on her journey to find out what happened to him. It benefits greatly from having a protagonist with an actual personality and character traits. Keris is curious, anxious and determined to find out about her father. When she leaves her family, unlike Rook, she actually misses them. The brief description of her memories of Twig is genuinely heart wrenching and makes her easier to sympathise with. While the story is much slower paced than the others and lacks a sense of danger, it remains an enjoyable read. The Blueshell Clam was also pretty cool and I liked the ending. The only bit I didn't like was one chapter begins with a massive infodump about the founding of the Free Glades. It's information most readers will already know and it goes on far too long. Four stars. I like this one.
I would rather have had a trilogy about Keris than have to read about her boring son. Instead, she dies offscreen so that Rook can be lovingly raised by yet more banderbears. It's a waste of a pretty decent character and it doesn't even make sense in the context of the story. Why would slavers murder a couple and leave their child to die instead of just, well, enslaving them?
'The Blooding of Rufus Filatine'
The Blooding of Rufus Filatine tells the story of Rufus, a Freeglade Lancer cadet, as he uncovers a plot to rebuild the discount-Mordor Foundry Glades, hatched by a trio of unpleasant individuals who have built a grenade factory. Although it's a fairly standard cadet earning his stripes story, the inclusion of the sinister Death Cheaters and the hints at the new creatures and technology of 'The Immortals' make it a fun and entertaining read. I have only two complaints. Firstly, the villain is just a rehash of Hemuel Spume with a burned face. He has no redeeming qualities and villains with facial scarring are overdone. Secondly, an illustration of Rook implies he fought at Lufwood Mount. I only finished 'Freeglader' yesterday. He did not. He ran away with his banderbear friends. Overall, this is a pretty entertaining read and I'll give this one four stars as well.
Overall, this is a solid collection of decent stories and I would certainly recommend it to fans of the series.
And now there is only one more book for me left to read before I have finished this reread. Hopefully 'The Immortals' will hold up better than the Rook trilogy did.
July 15, 2017
What can I say, further excellent books from this world!
February 13, 2021
I really like this format for the Edge series, which is a shame because this was the only one. This book doesn't even really exist anymore, having been pulled apart and inserted as extra chapters into previous books in the series. If S&R do ever return to this series, I hope it's similar to this, but delving into eras and locations that haven't been covered before.
The first two stories were originally published as standalones, while the latter two were first published here. There's further division in that the first two stories are elaborations of things we read about in brief in the Quint and Twig books, while the latter stories feature quite a bit of actually new material. They're also longer, taking up about 2/3s of the book. I like the first two just fine, but neither are really essential if you skip them. "The Stone Pilot" gets a bit of boost since Maugin was one of my favourite characters in the Twig books, and the series has a dearth of prominent female characters.
"The Slaughterer's Quest" is my favourite here. Keris, while briefly mentioned at the end of Freeglader is otherwise completely new. Her story is pure adventure, taking the reader to completely new locales and introducing new species. It also bridges the gap between the Twig and Rook books more fully, as Keris witnesses the true end of the first age, and the beginning of the second. Like all the other books in the series though, it's dogged by a sense of gloom. We know her story can have no happy ending, but that's true of almost everyone in this series.
Maugin and Keris's stories also feature some retcons. Maugin's story shifts the time she was rescued by Quint quite a bit earlier than was claimed in the Twig books, and Keris's story has her abandoned by Twig rather raised to adulthood. The series is filled with these little inconsistencies, some of them explicable, some of them not (for example, we could imagine that Keris lied to Tem about her upbringing to avoid upsetting an old man). While I think any retconning necessarily ruins the potential perfection of a story, it's at times preferable to having a story not happen at all. If S&R thought that "Slaughterer's Quest" couldn't work with the history they'd already established, or Maugin really needed to be in Clash of the Sky Galleons, then I'm glad they changed things.
I enjoyed "The Blooding of Rufus Filatine" much more than I recalled. It manages a good meld of adventure and militarism, and Rufus' not being an outsider to his peers differentiates it from every other story in the series. It mirrors "Slaughterer's Quest" by showing us the second age (not much of an age, was it?), bringing back death cheaters from the first, and showing giving us a little glimpse of the third age. It's got weird creatures, weird weather, and more Edge tech. It's the whole package distilled down. Plus, it's nice to see that Rook and Xanth had fairly normal lives. It does leave me with one lingering question, though. The black Shryke is wearing stitched together robes with the white gloamglozer on them. Are we to understand that she was a survivor of the sewer battle, or went back there to scavenge or something?
May 13, 2012
"The Lost Barkscrolls" by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/edgec...
Bones smash to dust to protect the peace-loving Free Glades; hot blood spilled to save soft warm glowing beauty. "He never tired of the view" p259, nor have I. The extraspecial individuals in the fantastical Edge world tell intricate histories in their powerfully personal portraits. There are no small roles; anyone can save everyone. A constant theme of lost souls, overcoming odds to find belonging, is inspiring. Four novellas: 1 Cloud Wolf, 2 Stone Pilot, 3 Slaughterer's Quest, 4 Blooding of Rufus Filatine.
1 Cloud Wolf - is secret skypirate name Captain Sky Jackal bestows on son Quint, after twelve ship fleet, betrayed and ambushed (I was not surprised; premonitions and dreams are too important in this superstitious land of omens and amulets), battle the Leaguesmaster Marl Mankroyd's "Scourge of the Weak" for valuable black diamonds. If the words build swinging ladders between the ships, then tiny bodies climb them in the intricately detailed incomparably heart-tingling line drawings p27.
2 The Stone Pilot - At 88, termagant trog (like poetry, these perfectly descriptive invented names roll around my tongue) Maugin still looks twelve because she never took the maturing Blooding Ceremony, and reminisces, about Captain Twig saving her from slavery, and in battle taking up the mantle of her trade. Three tiny hairs blowing ripples in the wind personify one dot into the tangled mane of the delicate girl aboard mighty tall "Galerider" p144. From other books come the real conclusion to this tale. Part of the fascination with these Chronicles is they never end, bottomless depth, past can follow present.
3 The Slaughterer's Quest - Keris (future mother of Rook Barkwater) with white skin and black hair looks not like the rest of the tribe with hair and skin red from smokesheds, but like skypirate father Captain Twig, gone ten years. Visiting short scaly webfoot goblins communicate by color-changing crests, and in their home lake, tend a ginormous clam as old as life itself p246, who will know whether Twig lives, so she returns, past dangerous crevasses infested with hungry blind tendrilled white goblins p209, bite healed by transparent spindlebug Tweezel, for the answer in a caterbird cocoon on Lullabee Isle.
4 The Blooding of Rufus Filatine - Freeglader Lancer cadet and his troop find "death-cheaters", mindless immortal survivors of the Twilight Woods, and phraxfire grenades in the Foundry Glades, after huge "nameless" monster they downed shows evidence of being enslaved and maltreated in the goblin weapon furnace ruins that were conquered by his father Xanth High Master of the Knight's Academy, and now-Commander Rook ("Freeglader" book).
Bones smash to dust to protect the peace-loving Free Glades; hot blood spilled to save soft warm glowing beauty. "He never tired of the view" p259, nor have I. The extraspecial individuals in the fantastical Edge world tell intricate histories in their powerfully personal portraits. There are no small roles; anyone can save everyone. A constant theme of lost souls, overcoming odds to find belonging, is inspiring. Four novellas: 1 Cloud Wolf, 2 Stone Pilot, 3 Slaughterer's Quest, 4 Blooding of Rufus Filatine.
1 Cloud Wolf - is secret skypirate name Captain Sky Jackal bestows on son Quint, after twelve ship fleet, betrayed and ambushed (I was not surprised; premonitions and dreams are too important in this superstitious land of omens and amulets), battle the Leaguesmaster Marl Mankroyd's "Scourge of the Weak" for valuable black diamonds. If the words build swinging ladders between the ships, then tiny bodies climb them in the intricately detailed incomparably heart-tingling line drawings p27.
2 The Stone Pilot - At 88, termagant trog (like poetry, these perfectly descriptive invented names roll around my tongue) Maugin still looks twelve because she never took the maturing Blooding Ceremony, and reminisces, about Captain Twig saving her from slavery, and in battle taking up the mantle of her trade. Three tiny hairs blowing ripples in the wind personify one dot into the tangled mane of the delicate girl aboard mighty tall "Galerider" p144. From other books come the real conclusion to this tale. Part of the fascination with these Chronicles is they never end, bottomless depth, past can follow present.
3 The Slaughterer's Quest - Keris (future mother of Rook Barkwater) with white skin and black hair looks not like the rest of the tribe with hair and skin red from smokesheds, but like skypirate father Captain Twig, gone ten years. Visiting short scaly webfoot goblins communicate by color-changing crests, and in their home lake, tend a ginormous clam as old as life itself p246, who will know whether Twig lives, so she returns, past dangerous crevasses infested with hungry blind tendrilled white goblins p209, bite healed by transparent spindlebug Tweezel, for the answer in a caterbird cocoon on Lullabee Isle.
4 The Blooding of Rufus Filatine - Freeglader Lancer cadet and his troop find "death-cheaters", mindless immortal survivors of the Twilight Woods, and phraxfire grenades in the Foundry Glades, after huge "nameless" monster they downed shows evidence of being enslaved and maltreated in the goblin weapon furnace ruins that were conquered by his father Xanth High Master of the Knight's Academy, and now-Commander Rook ("Freeglader" book).
July 31, 2011
Plot: This is actually a collection of four short stories, but all four were beautifully written. They fill in a few gaps between the trilogies, so the crazy fans (like myself! haha) can be fulfilled in knowing what happened in between.
Characters: Maugin has ALWAYS been my favorite character, even when she was first introduced in book one. So her story was by far my favorite. I did like Keris though, despite my eternal disappointment in Twig not marrying Maugin instead of Keris's slaughterer mom. (For those who are wondering, these are not spoilers. The family tree is in a few of the books. The spoiler would be why Twig didn't marry Maugin, therefore I'm not telling you.)
Setting: I liked how they had all the different places from all four stories. It was refreshing to be reminded of how much I loved the world in these stories!
Overall: Of course, I loved these side books as much as the full series. I would advise if you are going to pursue this series however, to finish the ten books first, then these. Otherwise... there will be spoilers!
Characters: Maugin has ALWAYS been my favorite character, even when she was first introduced in book one. So her story was by far my favorite. I did like Keris though, despite my eternal disappointment in Twig not marrying Maugin instead of Keris's slaughterer mom. (For those who are wondering, these are not spoilers. The family tree is in a few of the books. The spoiler would be why Twig didn't marry Maugin, therefore I'm not telling you.)
Setting: I liked how they had all the different places from all four stories. It was refreshing to be reminded of how much I loved the world in these stories!
Overall: Of course, I loved these side books as much as the full series. I would advise if you are going to pursue this series however, to finish the ten books first, then these. Otherwise... there will be spoilers!
March 6, 2018
Good to see 4 stand-alone tales which add to the overall structure of the world-tale. Good, as well, to realise from these that the Edge World isn't frozen in time, unlike many fantasy novels, and that big changes happen. Well worth a read if you like Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's work, or if you like original fantasy (not 1 single elf, dwarf or orc in sight!)
November 20, 2024
Vier Kurzgeschichten, die alle die Welt und erweiterte Geschichte ausbauen. Klar, nichts davon ist wirklich essentiell, aber das müssen die Geschichten auch nicht sein. Einfach ein paar coole Geschichten, die noch offene Fragen beantworten. Am interessantesten war die Rufus Geschichte, da sie uns eine ganz neue Ära vorgestellt hat. Schade das „Sky Chart“ nicht dabei ist.
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- Ich liebe alles, was wir von Maugin bekommen
- Fällt nicht in die Falle, zu viel zu erzählen
- Habe nie über Rooks Mutter nachgedacht, aber es ist gut auch den letzten Teil dieser Familie kennen zu lernen
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- Da keine der Geschichten sonderlich lang sind, können sie nicht so viel bieten
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- Ich liebe alles, was wir von Maugin bekommen
- Fällt nicht in die Falle, zu viel zu erzählen
- Habe nie über Rooks Mutter nachgedacht, aber es ist gut auch den letzten Teil dieser Familie kennen zu lernen
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- Da keine der Geschichten sonderlich lang sind, können sie nicht so viel bieten
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September 11, 2011
The category that this book fits into on the bingo board is "3 short stories by the same author".
I decided to read this book because I have read other books by this author and have enjoyed them. It also fitted quite well into the bingo board, which was a bonus.
I liked how the short stories fitted into the main plot of all the other books, and how they explained in depth some of the interesting and sometimes ambiguous parts of the stories.
I thought that there could have been some stories about different things, but it was good overall.
I would recommend this book to people who have already read and enjoyed some other books by Paul Stewart, as it would be hard to understand or get the full picture of the stories without prior knowledge of the Edge Chronicles.
I decided to read this book because I have read other books by this author and have enjoyed them. It also fitted quite well into the bingo board, which was a bonus.
I liked how the short stories fitted into the main plot of all the other books, and how they explained in depth some of the interesting and sometimes ambiguous parts of the stories.
I thought that there could have been some stories about different things, but it was good overall.
I would recommend this book to people who have already read and enjoyed some other books by Paul Stewart, as it would be hard to understand or get the full picture of the stories without prior knowledge of the Edge Chronicles.
December 11, 2010
I'm a big fan of the Edge Chronicles so I was excited to get a chance to revisit their world. Following the characters, places, and creatures that make this seris so interesting, we get to find out more information about the times and adventures Edge characters experience. A great series for young readers who are reluctant readers because the illustrations in this book are awesome. A great addition to a great series.
February 16, 2016
this is a great book. it filled in alot of pieces i was yearning for, especially since i read the immortals first, and it told me things but never explained them. and we finally get to meet keris, twigs daughter. she was super neat. and rufus, xanths son was amazing! the stone pilot, maugins sotry was so sad, especially since i knew what would happen to her from the immortals. quints naming story was pretty epic as well! its like a prequel to the whole series. its fantastic.
September 27, 2016
Ohh I LOVE this series so much it makes me feel like crying (in a good way!) This book of short stories from the series is PERFECT when im needing my "Edge Chronicle" fix. This is one of those, that even at the very end, makes me want to turn back to the beginning, and start reading all over again. I cant see myself getting sick of these books. They are just too good. 5 Stars for the first 3 stories and 3.5 for the last. Still, overall the whole book is still worth 5 stars.
July 31, 2014
Wonderful addition to the Edge Chronicles series. This short story edition provides background information and provides answers to questions that other novels in the series left open to imagination. If you are an Edge Chronicles fan this is a must read!
February 6, 2009
I'm addicted to these books and so pleased they've released Cloud Wolf again
May 17, 2009
great books inside
August 20, 2012
Great addition to the Edge Chronicles. The first three stories fill in some of the gaps and the fourth story is a brand new adventure!
August 13, 2013
Still enjoying this series. 1 more to go, it has been a journey.
March 8, 2014
I have enjoyed the other books by this author and decided to read this one. It was still amazing but not quite as exciting as his other novels.
February 17, 2015
The stories were short and were still slow paced. The stories were fine and nice enough just lacking I felt...
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