The Darkening King. Justin Fisher

      

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2018

      Published in this ebook edition in 2018

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      Source ISBN: 9780008124588

      Ebook Edition © July 2018 ISBN: 9780008124595

      Version: 2018-06-29

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      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

      Prologue

      1. Godshill

      2. Afternoon Tea

      3. The Door

      4. Boiling

      5. The Demon in the Tea Room

6. Grey-suits

7. Old Faces

8. The Butcher and the Hammer

9. The Nest

10. Tinks

11. Who? What? Why?

12. Little to Do about Nothing

13. Not Entirely Ideal

14. Not Entirely Alone

15. The Forest

16. We Have Company

       17. Brother

       18. The King in the Cave

       19. Older than Old

       20. The Stone Dragon

       21. Trapped

       22. Alliance

       23. Brothers-in-arms

       24. Headquarters

       25. Mr Bear

       26. A Brief Debrief

       27. Father and Son

       28. Clockwork Museum

       29. Mr Cogsworth

       30. A Decent Pub in Dublin

       31. Tick-tock, the Mouse and the Clock

       32. Trouble and Strife

       33. Sharp Exit

       34. No Exit

       35. Dearly Departed

       36. Best-made Plans

       37. The Fey

       38. The Liffey

       39. Lemnus Gemfeather

       40. The Glade Awakens

       41. St Albertsburg

       42. A Ball of Vines

       43. Breaking and Entering

       44. Magic Wakes

       45. The Fallen

       46. Boffins

       47. Whiskers?

       48. Mr Bear’s Insurance

       49. Dad

       50. Dinner for Two

       51. Things That Go “Bump” in the Night

       52. The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend

       53. Bananas

       54. Past and Present

       55. Ready?

       56. The Forest Darkens

       57. Really Real

       58. Artificial Intelligence

       59. Time’s Up

       60. The Un-Hidden

       61. Wild Horses

       62. The Night Before the Darkness

       63. Barbarossa

       64. “Good Luck”

       65. Mr Rook

       66. The Wall of Wood

       67. The Central Intelligence

       68. Charging into Darkness

       69. Tick, Tock

       70. Into the Fray

       71. Mr Spider and Mr Fox

       72. Tricks and Traps

       73. Whiskers and the Scientist

       74. The Eastern Tower

       75. Together

       76. Barba and the King

       77. The End of Everything

       78. Light and Dark

       79. Presents

       80. Mr Fox

       81. George and the Jungle