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397 pp.
| Greenwillow |
February, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-219234-9$17.99
(3)
YALast Apprentice series.
Illustrated by
Patrick Arrasmith.
Slither, a creature from the brutal Kobalos land far north of hero Tom Ward's county, agrees to transport two young sisters to safety in exchange for ownership of the eldest sister, Nessa. Alternating Nessa's voice with Slither's is necessary to keep readers' sympathies engaged in perhaps the darkest Last Apprentice book yet. As usual, black-saturated pages are the illustrations' hallmark.