![]() ![]() Rook does not expect his dreams ever to come true-his best friend, Felix Lodd, seems a much more likely candidate-but, to everyone's surprise, Rook is chosen to be a knight, along with Stob Lummus and Magda Burlix. Rook, a lowly under-librarian, dreams of becoming a librarian knight-one of the select few to travel into the Deepwoods and gather information which may lead to the discovery of the cure to stone-sickness (an affliction which has destroyed the buoyant rocks, making skysailing impossible). Rook Barkwater lives in the network of sewer-chambers beneath Undertown, in which a society of librarians has established itself, secretly opposing the cruel Guardians of Night. The character of Vox Verlix is mentioned, setting up for the sixth book, Vox. The story is of young Rook as he becomes a librarian knight and is pitted against the Guardians of the Night, including Xanth Filantine. ![]() Unlike the previous books in the series, this focuses on Rook Barkwater and Felix Lodd, but the main character of the first three books, Twig, is present as well. It is the fifth volume of The Edge Chronicles and the first of the Rook Saga trilogy within the stories' own chronology it is the seventh novel, following the Quint Saga and Twig Saga trilogies. ![]() The Last of the Sky Pirates is a children's fantasy novel by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, first published in 2002. ![]()
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