The Morning Star Trilogy

Morning Star Trilogy

by Nick Bantock

The Griffin & Sabine saga has sold over 3 million copies worldwide, led to 12 international editions, and spent over 100 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. Both longtime fans and new readers will be thrilled to see the series in an exquisite boxed edition. The Morning Star trilogy (The Gryphon, Alexandria, and The Morning Star) is now available in a stunning red slipcase-a handsome complement to the Griffin & Sabine 3-Volume Boxed Set. A fantastic gift for lovers of art, mystery, and romance, here is an essential purchase for both new and tried-and-true Nick Bantock fans everywhere.

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Art

144 pages, Hardcover

Published October 1, 2004

About the author

Nick was schooled in England and has a BA in Fine Art (painting). He has authored 25 books, 11 of which have appeared on the best seller lists, including 3 books on The New York Times top ten at one time. Griffin & Sabine stayed on that list for over two years. His works have been translated into 13 languages and over 5 million have been sold worldwide. Once named by the classic SF magazine Weird Tales as one of the best 85 storytellers of the century. He has written articles and stories for numerous international newspapers and magazines. His Wasnick blogs are much followed on Facebook and Twitter. His paintings, drawings, sculptures, collages and prints have been exhibited in shows in UK, France and North America. In 2010 Nick's major retrospective exhibition opened at the MOA in Denver. His works are in private collections throughout the world. Nick has a lifetime BAFTA (British Oscar) for the CD-ROM game Ceremony of Innocence, created with Peter Gabriel's Real World, featuring Isabella Rossolini and Ben Kingsley. He has two iPad apps, Sage and The Venetian and is working on a third. Three of his books have been optioned for film and his stage play based on the Griffin & Sabine double trilogy premiered in Vancouver in 2006.

Produced artwork for more than 300 book covers (including works by Roth and Updike), illustrated Viking Penguin's new translation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. He's designed theater posters for the London plays of Tom Stoppard and Alec Guinness.

For 20 years Bantock has spoken and read to audiences throughout North America, Europe and Australia. Given keynote and motivational speeches to corporations and teachers state conferences. He's given dramatic readings on the radio and the stage and has been interviewed (way too many times) for TV, radio and print.

Bantock has worked in a betting shop in the East End of London, trained as a psychotherapist, designed and built a house that combined an Indonesian temple and a Russian orthodox church with an English cricket pavilion and a New Orleans bordello. Between 2007 and 2010 was one of the twelve committee members responsible for selecting Canada's postage stamps.

Among the things Bantock can't do: Can't swim, never ridden a horse, his spelling is dreadful and his singing voice is flat as a pancake.

Source: Nick Bantock - profile

Reviews

[Suanne Laqueur · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want to give yourself or someone you love a beautiful, tangible experience, get them either of Bantock’s trilogies. Or both. Both? Both. Both is good. I gave myself both.

[Olivia Zerger · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5. The art is incredibly weird and wonderful and the physical aspect of the letters adds a fun elements, but I think without that the book would be a solid 3

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

These three books came out in 2001-2003, and continue the Griffin and Sabine story, which originally was published in 1991-1993. The ten year distance between the two trilogies makes this later set seem forced--the art is still amazing, and since that is Bantock's major talent, I can still give the books 4 stars. Again, while I'd give the illustrations 6 stars, I'm someone who wants more character development. It's almost like watching a rock band tour 10 years after they were at their prime--I always wonder if they really want to play their music or if they're out to make some money by resurrecting themselves. Since I like Bantock so much, I want to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Again, the books must be read in order: THE GRYPHON, ALEXANDRIA, and THE MORNING STAR

[Terri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another of Nick Bantock's books using pictures, postcards and letters tucked into beautiful drawn envelope takes the reader along in a mystery. Who are these characters, Griffin and Sabine, and now Isabella and Matthew?

Each book makes you want to read the next because you are trying to figure out just what is going on.
Will the mystery ever be solved? Start reading these books to find out.

[Shell Bailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the entire series, and they are amazing. I really wish that the second trilogy didn’t end the way that it did, reducing it to more of a sequel to the first, more than letting it stand on its own strength, which it very well could have done. But incredible nonetheless.