Nightshade City (Nightshade Chronicles, Book 1) - Softcover

Hilary Wagner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0823423875 ISBN 13: 9780823423873

Publisher: Holiday House, 2011

Synopsis

Deep beneath a modern metropolis lies the Catacombs, the kingdom of mutant rats of superior intellect. Following a bloody coup, the once peaceful democracy has become a dictatorship, ruled by decadent High Minister Kildeer and vicious Billycan, a demented former lab rat and now head of the Kill Army. Three young orphan rats--brothers Vincent and Victor and a clever female named Clover--rebel against the Ministry, joining forces with Juniper, Billycan's archenemy. Juniper and his maverick bank of followers, helped by a tribe of earthworms, plot to overthrow their oppressors and liberate the citizens to create a new city: Nightshade City. This impossible-to-put-down animal fantasy, set in a brilliantly imagined subterranean world, explores timeless themes of freedom, forgiveness, the bonds of family, and the power of love. 

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From the Inside Flap:

Juniper waited for silence, finally smacking his tail on the table, forcing the lingering voices to cease. No rat should chatter through this moment. Bostwick Hall fell completely still. . . . Juniper cleared his throat and bellowed, . . . .  his commanding bass resounding over everyone, "We survive by cover of night. We live in the shadows, waiting for our redemption! Our name must symbolize our burning spirit, kept secret for eleven years, but no longer! Tonight and forever, we are Nightshade City!" --Nightshade City

From the Back Cover:

"Fans of Redwall and the Warriors series will love this heroic tale of good versus evil in a subterranean society of rats. The world of the Catacombs is so compelling readers will wonder if it really might exist under our city streets. Expect great adventures in Nightshade City."
--Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series --Author, Rick Riordan

About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0823423875
• ISBN 13: 9780823423873
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Illustrator: Omar Rayyan