Angel Fever

The Quentaris Chronicles #9

by Isobelle Carmody

When plain and simple Eely finds a beautiful winged man wounded in one of the rift caves she takes him to Iakas, a roofie, who learns that the winged man had been betrayed by those who resent the superiority of the winged folk and cast out of his beautiful city in the clouds. Together with Red and his drain-crawler twin brother Igorik, they embark on a quest to recover the sacred and elusive starstone, which had also been cast adrift. The starstone responds to beauty, and grows stronger in its presence - so where is it? Can the people of Quentaris find true beauty and end the long-standing animosity that exists between the elitist roofies, the vain sky folk, and the humble ground dwellers? And why is Eely becoming so - angelic?

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 6, 2004

About the author

Isobelle Carmody began the first novel of her highly acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles while she was still in high school. The series has established her at the forefront of fantasy writing in Australia.

In addition to her young-adult novels, such as the Obernewtyn Chronicles and Alyzon Whitestarr, Isobelle's published works include several middle-grade fantasies. Her still-unfinished Gateway Trilogy has been favorably compared to The Wizard of Oz and the Chronicles of Narnia. The Little Fur quartet is an eco-fantasy starring a half-elf, half-troll heroine and is fully illustrated by the author herself.

Isobelle's most recent picture book, Magic Night, is a collaboration with illustrator Declan Lee. Originally published in Australia as The Wrong Thing, the book features an ordinary housecat who stumbles upon something otherworldly. Across all her writing, Isobelle shows a talent for balancing the mundane and the fantastic.

Isobelle was the guest of honor at the 2007 Australian National Science Fiction Convention. She has received numerous honors for her writing, including multiple Aurealis Awards and Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.

She currently divides her time between her home on the Great Ocean Road in Australia and her travels abroad with her partner and daughter.

Librarian's note: Penguin Australia is publishing the Obernewtyn Chronicles in six books, and The Stone Key is book five. In the United States and Canada this series is published by Random House in eight books; this Penguin Australia book is split into two parts and published as Wavesong (Book Five) and The Stone Key (Book Six).

Reviews

[Katherine · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was alright. I picked it up in the library while i had some time to kill. It was from the young adult section and it fits that criteria :P