The Clockill and the Thief (The Traitor and Thief #2)

Author(s): Gareth Ward

NZ YA fiction

Winner Best Novel – Young Adult, 2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards


This fantastic follow-up to the Storylines Tessa Duder Award-winning The Traitor and the Thief is just as exciting and action-packed as the first instalment. Sin is dying, poisoned by his blue blood. His troubles deepen when the traitor who poisoned him escapes from the custody of the Covert Operations Group and sets out for revenge. COG tasks Sin, his friend Zonda Chubb and their frenemy Velvet Von Darque with recapturing the traitor, whatever the cost. Taking to the air in pursuit, they must battle skypirates and the terrifying Clockill to complete their mission. But with his condition worsening, can Sin survive long enough to save his friends, himself and the day?


Product Information

Best Novel – Young Adult, 2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards

 

Imaginative and adventurous, 'posituitively karmarific'; can be read as a stand-alone. Highly recommewnded --- April  

Gareth Ward (aka The Great Wardini) is a magician, hypnotist, storyteller and bookseller. He has worked as a Royal Marine Commando, police officer, evil magician and zombie, and as a writer and compere of Napier City’s inaugural steampunk murder mystery evening. Born near Oxford in the UK he currently lives in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, where he runs two independent bookshops with his wife Louise. His first novel The Traitor and the Thief, a rip-roaring steampunk adventure, won the 2016 Storylines Tessa Duder Award, the 2018 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Youth Novel and Best New Talent, and was a 2018 Storylines Notable Book.

General Fields

  • : 9781760651206
  • : Walker Books Australia Pty, Limited
  • : Walker Books Australia
  • : 325.0
  • : April 2019
  • : 200mm x 130mm x 200mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Gareth Ward
  • : Paperback
  • : 1908
  • : English
  • : 823.3
  • : 352