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The Books
Abarat will eventually become a quartet, although there are only two books available at present. The first in the series, Abarat, introduces the young lady Candy Quackenbush and the beginning of her adventures in the magical world of Abarat. Although Candy is a simple girl who came from the most boring place in the world, Chickentown, there is more to her than meets the eye. |
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When she accidently happens upon a traveler from Abarat, John Mischief and his brothers (all of whom live on top of John's head), Candy follows him back to the Abarat archipelago. As she continues her journey through a world that is both wonderful and wicked, she begins to discover that she herself has some great importance to play in a war that is about to erupt. |
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In the second book of the series, Days of Magic, Nights of War, we get to see some really cool (and scary!) stuff. |
I dreamed a limitless book,
A book unbound,
Its leaves scattered in fantastic abundance.
On every line there was a new horizon drawn,
New heavens supposed;
New states, new souls.
One of those souls,
Dozing through some imagined afternoon,
Dreamed these words.
And needing a hand to set them down,
Made mine.
-Clive Barker