Tymon's Flight (Paperback)

Mary Victoria

ISBN 10: 0732290988 / ISBN 13: 9780732290986

Published by HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, NSW, 2010

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Paperback. An action-packed adventure set against a background of warring civilisations competing for ever scarcer resources . a beautiful new epic fantasy of a world set in a tree. the World tree rises up out of the seething clouds like a green mountain. All creation nestles in its green branches. there is no world besides this one . or so the people believe.tymon grows up at Argos seminary in the lush heart of the Central Canopy, where science is a heretical pursuit and travel beyond the tree is banned. But he yearns to break free of these rules and discover new horizons. When he meets a despised Nurian slave in the city baths, his dreams of freedom take on a completely different meaning.Banished to a drought-ridden colony, tymon falls in with a group of Nurian rebels and finds himself facing difficult choices. Fighting for freedom and power is not so enticing when it may mean betraying his own people and severing all ties to the world he knows . Tymon is an orphan boy growing up at Argos seminary, in the lush Central Canopy. The Argosian priests have declared science to be heretical and have banned travel. Tymon yearns to break free and discover new horizons and when he discovers an interloper in the city baths, a female, a stigmatised Nurian, his life changes for ever. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tymon's Flight (Paperback)
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, NSW
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0732290988
• ISBN 13: 9780732290986
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

the World tree rises up out of the seething clouds like a green mountain. All creation nestles in its green branches. there is no world besides this one ... or so the people believe. tymon grows up at Argos seminary in the lush heart of the Central Canopy, where science is a heretical pursuit and travel beyond the tree is banned. But he yearns to break free of these rules and discover new horizons. When he meets a despised Nurian slave in the city baths, his dreams of freedom take on a completely different meaning. Banished to a drought-ridden colony, tymon falls in with a group of Nurian rebels and finds himself facing difficult choices. Fighting for freedom and power is not so enticing when it may mean betraying his own people and severing all ties to the world he knows ...