Darkwater - Hardcover

Fisher, Catherine

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803738188 ISBN 13: 9780803738188

Publisher: Dial Books, 2012

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What would you sell your soul for?

Sixteen-year-old Sarah Trevelyan would give anything to regain the power and wealth her family has lost, so she makes a bargain with Azrael, Lord of Darkwater Hall. He gives her one hundred years and the means to accomplish her objective--in exchange for her soul. Fast-forward a hundred years to Tom, a fifteen-year-old boy who dreams of attending Darkwater Hall School but doesn't believe he has the talent. Until he meets a professor named Azrael, who offers him a bargain. Will Sarah be able to stop Tom from making the same mistake she did a century ago?

This is smart fantasy mixed with elements of horror from master storyteller Catherine Fisher. She says, "Darkwater Hall is an image of the power and knowledge we all desire. But what will we pay for them, and are they worth the price?"

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From the Author:

Catherine Fisher writes: �The oldest stories are often the best. And the story of someone�in this case a Victorian girl�who sells her soul to an immortal power and lives to regret the bargain, has to be one of the oldest in the world. I have been fascinated by the possibilities of it for some time. I’ve also become interested in alchemy, and I hope the two make a potent mixture. Darkwater is an image of the power and knowledge we all desire. But what will we pay for them, and are they worth the price?”

About the Author:

Catherine Fisher is the first Young People's Laureate for Wales. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Incarceron and Sapphique, and has garnered great critical acclaim for her genre-busting fantasy novels for young people. Ms. Fisher lives in Wales in the United Kingdom.

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