| Description |
381 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Darklands trilogy ; 1 |
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Eaton, Anthony, 1972-
Darklands trilogy ; 1
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Darklands trilogy ; 1
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| Summary |
Saria is the last of her kind, the final child of the Darklands, a quarantines expanse of outback desert, contaminated generations earlier by the remote and mysterious Nightpeople. In a dying world, she is the last ray of hope. Spirited away at her birth before the Nightpeople could remove her from the genetic pool, Saria, now in her early teens, is summoned to appear before the Council of Dreamers. There she discovers the story of her past, and the nightmare truth of her people's future, and as history draws the Darklanders towards an inevitable fate, Saria determines to take the only course available to her, whatever the cost |
| Analysis |
Australian fantasy fiction (Australia) |
| Notes |
"Nightpeople, the first book of the Darklands Trilogy, explores a society turned in upon itself and a future which readers will find both alien and disturbingly familiar" -- Back cover |
| Genre/Form |
Science fiction.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Young adult fiction
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Novels.
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| ISBN |
070223494X : |
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