On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and their trusty dog, Nugget. Janner Igiby, his brother Tink, and their crippled sister Leeli are gifted children, as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and an ex-pirate grandfather. But they will need all their gifts and all that love to survive the evil pursuit of the venomous Fangs of Dang, who have crossed the Dark Sea to rule the land with malice and pursue the Igibys, who hold the secret to the lost legend and jewels of the good King Wingfeather of the Shining Isle of Anniera.

Andrew Peterson spins a quirky and riveting tale of the Igibys’ extraordinary journey from Glipwood’s Dragon Day Festival and a secret hidden in the Books and Crannies Bookstore, past the terrifying Black Carriage, the clutches of the horned hounds and loathsome toothy cows surrounding AnkleJelly Manor, through the Glipwood Forest and the mysterious treehouse of Peet the Sock Man, known for a little softshoe and for wearing tattered socks on his hands and arms, to the very edge of the Ice Prairies.

Full of characters rich in heart, smarts, and courage, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness presents a world of wonder and a tale children of all ages will cherish, that families can read aloud and that readers’ groups are sure to discuss for its layers of meaning about life’s true treasure and the tangle of the beautiful and the horrible, the temporal and the eternal, and the good and the bad.