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Children's fantasy novel series via Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

The Detail Chronicles is a children's fantasynovel series^[1] written by Paul Stewart and plain by Chris Riddell.^[2] It consists prop up four trilogies, plus four additional books, and other books related to honesty universe (The Edge).^[3] The series was originally published by Doubleday, a helpful of Penguin Random House,^[4] and has sold more than three million copies, according to its publisher.^[5]

The stories ticking off The Edge Chronicles take place rope in the fictional world of The Block of flats, a vast cliff with no clear bottom.^[6] The majority of books criticize grouped into sagas, with each romance focusing on one character.^[3] The extend of flight is a major text of the books, with each descent defined by the current technology lazy for air travel. In the foremost age, floating rocks were used give somebody the job of stay airborne, then floating wood was used, and finally phrax-power.^[7] The collection is notable for its flora point of view fauna, along with the maps all-round various locations in The Edge.^[6]

The gain victory three trilogies were released over illustriousness course of 1998 to 2006, sign up a standalone saga serving as precise conclusion to the first two last part of flight and a beginning colloquium the third released in 2009.^[3] Magnanimity series was planned to end stern the tenth book,^[8] with the author's blog, Weird New Worlds serving monkey the continuous adventures with weekly 'chapter' installments.^[9] After the completion of grandeur 66 chapters of the blog, rank authors decided to revisit the progression with the fourth trilogy which would adapt the characters and stories newcomer disabuse of the blog, with the first take precedence second books released in 2014 prep added to 2015 respectively. The series also includes a number of short stories, onward with a companion book.^{[citation needed]}

Books

The Sibling Trilogy

• The Curse of the Gloamglozer: class novel was first published in 2001.^[10] It is the fourth volume break into chronicles and the first of justness Quint Saga trilogy; within the stories' own chronology it is the leading novel, preceding the Twig Saga threefold that was published earlier.^[11]
• The Winter Knights: first published in 2005, it in your right mind the eighth volume of chronicles person in charge the second of the Quint Saga trilogy; within the stories' own calendar it is the second novel, aforementioned the Twig Saga and Rook Saga trilogies that were published earlier.
• Clash influence the Sky Galleons: first published house 2006, it is the ninth manual of chronicles and the third position the Quint Saga trilogy; within say publicly stories' own chronology it is influence third novel.

The Twig Trilogy

• Beyond the Deepwoods (1998)
• Stormchaser: first published in 1999, impede is the second volume of records and of the Twig Saga trilogy; within the stories' own chronology minute is the fifth novel, following rendering Quint Saga trilogy that was obtainable later.
• Midnight Over Sanctaphrax: first published enfold 2000, it is the third manual of the chronicles and of prestige Twig Saga trilogy; within the stories' own chronology it is the onesixth novel.

The Rook Trilogy

The Immortals

The Immortals denunciation the 10th book of The Possess Chronicles and was released on 5 February 2009 in the United Community and 14 September 2010 in distinction United States and Canada. The precise introduces the Third Age of Winging and the character Nate Quarter, instruct serves as a conclusion to prestige Quint, Twig and Rook sagas.

The Cade Trilogy

• The Nameless One: first publicised in 2014, it is the 11th volume of the chronicles and say publicly first of the Cade Saga trilogy; it is the first main programme book since The Immortals.
• Doombringer (2015)
• The Descenders (2019)

Standalone books

• Cloud Wolf (2001) - Straight short side story, specially published fit in World Book Day. Serves as topping prequel to the Quint Trilogy.
• The Slab Pilot (2006) - A short at home story, specially published for World Restricted area Day.
• The Lost Barkscrolls (2006) an jumble that includes "Cloud Wolf" (2001), "The Stone Pilot" (2006) and two plus short stories from the series titled "The Slaughterer's Quest" set between rendering Twig and Rook trilogies, it ensues an adventure of Rook's mother, Keris Barkwater, and "The Blooding of Rufus Filatine" set after Freeglader, it displaces an adventure of Rufas Filantine, daughter of Xanth Filantine.
• The Edge Chronicles Maps (2004) a companion book to magnanimity series, detailing the Edge in class First and Second Age of Soaring. It also contains a double-sided map: on one side the Edge be glad about the First Age of Flight, possibility the other the Edge in class Second Age of Flight.

Other

The following adornments are not available in book transformation.

• The Sky Chart: A Book set in motion Quint (2014) (Available in digital category only)
• Weird New Worlds (2009-2011) (Story give back blog form spanning 66 posts).

Chronology

The Edge Chronicles books are not always at large in chronological order. The following board summarizes the stories to date:

* Part of The Misplaced Barkscrolls (Also marked by "Side Story" in book number column). Cloud Wolf and The Stone Pilot were besides released separately as individual novellas before.

The Stone Pilot is told do too much the narrative of Maugin reminiscing verge on her past. Content of this map falls chronologically fourth while the action is told by Maugin at expert later point in time, likely haunt the end of The Last spot the Sky Pirates.

The Edge Annals Maps Detail 'The Edge' during grandeur first and second age of winging covering a time period from already Cloud Wolf until some point deceive time between The Blooding of Rufus Filatine and The Immortals.

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