Dreamquake (The Dreamhunter Duet, Book 2) - Hardcover

Knox, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374318549 ISBN 13: 9780374318543

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2007

Synopsis

The dreamhunting began as a beautiful thing, when Tziga Hame discovered that he could enter the Place and share the dreams he found there with other people. But Tziga Hame has disappeared and Laura, his daughter, knows that the art of projecting dreams has turned sour. On St. Lazarus's Eve, when elite citizens gather at the Rainbow Opera to experience the sweet dream of Homecoming, Laura, determined to show them the truth, plunges them into the nightmare used to control the convict workers. The event marks the first blow in the battle for control of the Place, the source of dreams. Then, when Laura's cousin, Rose, uncovers evidence that the government has been building a secret rail line deep into the Place, Laura follows it to find out what lies at its end. As she struggles to counter the government's sinister plans, a deeper mystery surfaces, a puzzle only Laura can unravel, a puzzle having to do with the very nature of the Place. What is the Place, after all? And what does it want from her?
 
Inventive and richly imagined, Elizabeth Knox's dramatic conclusion will satisfy readers - whether or not they've read Book One.

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About the Author

ELIZABETH KNOX is the author of several books for adults, including The Vintner's Luck. Dreamhunter was her first novel for younger readers. She lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

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From Dreamquake
The stand of trees Laura had picked as a landmark was getting closer, but only very slowly. She sighed and picked up her pace. She was hungry, but that was no excuse for dragging her feet and daydreaming.
 
A while later, when she'd raised a sweat and her mind was just idling, the thought that had been trailing her for days - possibly since Rose first told her about the "surplus rails" - finally caught up with her. She remembered that the Grand Patriarch had asked her about the "Depot."
 
Laura raised her head and squinted up the line. The "Depot" wasn't the name of a dream - it was a destination, where something was stored.
 
What else had the Grand Patriarch said? There was something else, a name from a rumor, because hadn't the Grand Patriarch said that most of his intelligence came from rumors?
 
Contentment.
 
Laura stopped walking when the word came into her head. She stood still, shivering and short of breath. The world darkened around her as her pupils contracted. Dread had crept up and pounced on her. And, now that she was still, she understood that her footsteps had masked a vibration.
 
A steely rolling was coming from the line behind her.
 
Laura spun to face back along the line. She saw the handcar bearing down upon her, fast. Riding on it were six rangers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0374318549
• ISBN 13: 9780374318543
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464