The Child Thief A Novel
The Child Thief A Novel by Brom is a first edition published by HarperCollins on August 17, 2010. This 496-page fantasy novel explores the adventures of Peter, a mischievous and daring boy with sparkling gold eyes, who draws fourteen-year-old Nick into a perilous world far removed from the safety of New York City. As Nick is saved from danger by Peter, he is lured to a secret place filled with magic and adventure, where he must confront the realities of a war that has been waged for centuries.
Readers will find themselves immersed in a narrative that delves into themes of survival and the harsh truths of childhood. As Nick navigates this gray and ravaged island, he becomes part of Peter’s tribe, facing the challenges posed by the “Devils” and the dark past that haunts Peter. The story unfolds against a backdrop of fantasy elements, revealing the complexities of friendship and the struggle to protect the last remnants of wild magic in a dying land.
Official synopsis Publisher
Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief—and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life, but his promised land is not Neverland.
Fourteen-year-old Nick would have been murdered by the drug dealers preying on his family had Peter not saved him. Now the irresistibly charismatic wild boy wants Nick to follow him to a secret place of great adventure, where magic is alive and you never grow old. Even though he is wary of Peter’s crazy talk of faeries and monsters, Nick agrees. After all, New York City is no longer safe for him, and what more could he possibly lose?
There is always more to lose.
Accompanying Peter to a gray and ravished island that was once a lush, enchanted paradise, Nick finds himself unwittingly recruited for a war that has raged for centuries—one where he must learn to fight or die among the “Devils,” Peter’s savage tribe of lost and stolen children.
There, Peter’s dark past is revealed: left to wolves as an infant, despised and hunted, Peter moves restlessly between the worlds of faerie and man. The Child Thief is a leader of bloodthirsty children, a brave friend, and a creature driven to do whatever he must to stop the “Flesh-eaters” and save the last, wild magic in this dying land.
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