The Icemark Chronicles #3: Last Battle of the Icemark

by Hill, Stuart

• ISBN13: 9780545093309
• ISBN10: 0545093309
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-01
• Publisher: Chicken House

Summary

Ever since Medea's exile to the Darkness, the Icemark has enjoyed a period of peace and prosperity. Warrior Queen Thirrin believes the bad-seed sorceress is gone for good- burnt to ashes and cast out on the Spirit Plain. But banishment did not kill Medea: It made her stronger. Allied with Cronus, embodiment of all evil, Medea is raising an army of the undead to invade her family's kingdom! Can her father, the warlock Oskan, summon the powers to stop her?

Author Biography

Stuart Hill The Cry of the Icemark, Stuart Hill’s first novel is not only a remarkable debut but also a personal tribute. When he was a teenager, Stuart lost “the real Thirrin,” his red-haired sister Kathleen, to leukemia. The story of the brave young warrior-queen who faces impossible dangers is dedicated to her. The Cry of the Icemark won the Ottakars Prize for the best new children’s novel, an award given by one of Britain’s leading book chains. Fox 2000 Pictures will turn the story into a major motion picture and foreign rights have been sold to over 14 countries. Among his influences Stuart counts H. Rider Haggard, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Margaret Abbey—his former grade school teacher and a writer of historical novels. Before beginning The Cry of the Icemark, he asked himself what had grabbed his interest as a young reader. The answer? Heroes, magic, monsters, and talking beasts. From noble Snow Leopards to ancient Vampire royalty to ferocious Wolf-folk, the characters in Icemark are sure to spark the imagination of children everywhere, and Stuart is already at work on the sequel to Thirrin’s epic tale. Stuart was born in Leicester, in the East Midlands of England, where he still lives today. His family background includes English, Irish, Romany, and Jewish blood. Although, as a student, his grades were average at best, Stuart was fortunate to have a teacher who inspired in him a lifelong love of reading. Since leaving school, he has worked as a teacher and archaeologist, and now balances life as both a bookseller and an author.