Wonderful black and white line drawings are found throughout the book giving the reader an idea of what this fabulous world and its creatures is like. Set in an alternative Victorian world, “Lamplight” is a tale full of adventure, history, and science, and it is dusted very lightly with just a touch of romance. Packed with wonderfully bizarre adventures and characters, this is a tale which will have fantasy fans clamoring for more. Webster hope to get from Art and his sister? Will Earth and her colonies go the way of the empires on Mars and Mercury and what does Mr. Webster and his spider associates belong to a race of creatures that specialize in destroying civilizations to make room for their own. The truth is terrifying for it would appear that Mr. With Jack’s help Art begins to find out who Mr.

Jack is a pirate who has acquired a terrible reputation but who is fact just a young man trying to make a living in a hostile world. Larklight: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space by Philip Reeve and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Indeed the two children almost end up being eaten by enormous moth larvae when they are rescued by Jack Havock and his crew. Larklight Series by Philip Reeve Larklight Series 3 primary works 3 total works Book 1 Larklight by Philip Reeve 3. Webster.Īrt and Myrtle then land on Mars, a very inhospitable place full of unknown dangers. Art and Myrtle are able to flee Larklight but their poor father is left behind to face who knows what fate at the hands of the terrifying Mr. Webster is an enormous spider who seems bent on their destruction. To their horror, the children discover that Mr.

They have quite a happy, if isolated, life until the day when a Mr. Bloomsbury Publishing , 2009 ISBN: 978-1408800607Īrt lives with his annoying sister Myrtle and their scientist father in Larklight, a house which floats in space.

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