The Red Queen: The Obernewtyn Chronicles Volume 7: The Obernewtyn Chronicles Book 7

Isobelle Carmody

Nov 2015 · Sold by Penguin Group Australia

About this ebook

I saw the moon crack and open like an egg, and a seethe of transparent beasts emerged . . .
I heard a sound like thunder inside the earth and the ground shook and broke open like a vast stony maw. It spat out fire and I saw wolves falling into a molten gold stream . . .
I made my way along the ancient tunnel, following Maruman, who ran lightly ahead of me.
I did not ask how he had come to be here. He was the Moonwatcher as I was the Seeker.
This was where we had been destined to come together.
Before Elspeth Gordie can continue her journey to find Sentinel and prevent it unleashing the horrors of the Great White, she must fight free of a strange prison, where people are laid to sleep forever or cling to a suffocating existence, believing the world beyond their walls is already utterly annihilated.
But at the end of her journey, nothing is as she imagined. She is drawn into the struggle for a kingdom, only to find the Destroyer is at the heart of the turmoil, waiting for her.
Somehow she must do what she has sworn to do, for the sake of the world and all of its creatures. She must complete her quest, no matter what it costs . . .
The highly anticipated dramatic conclusion to the much-loved Obernewtyn Chronicles from award-winning and bestselling author Isobelle Carmody. Drawing to a close the journey of Elspeth Gordie and the Misfits, The Red Queen will surprise and thrill readers right to the very last page.

Ratings and reviews

I will miss Elspeth and her world. She is a heroine that puts Celeana and Katniss to shame. She has faults, but she is not manipulative or vain like the prior mentioned. She works through those faults, much like we all do, growing into an adult. Isobelle is such a beautiful writer and this book, this series, has grown along with Elspeth. A series that is so layered, both dark and light and real, despite its fantasy genre. No punches pulled, but also totally palletable for the tender of age audience.

I waited so long and now it is done. All the loose ends tied, and the quests completed. Some of my predictions/futuretellings were right and some wrong, and I am both satisfied and saddened. If you too have travelled these dreamtrails, come meet me in the freerunning barud, and let this story welcome you home.

Been reading this story since i was 14 and im now 36. Such a fantastic writer. Sad it has ended but excellent book. Wish there was more.

About the author

Isobelle Carmody is one of Australia's most highly acclaimed authors of fantasy. At fourteen, she began Obernewtyn, the first book in her much-loved Obernewtyn Chronicles, and has since written many works in this genre. Her novel The Gathering was joint winner of the 1993 Children's Literature Peace Prize and the 1994 CBCA Book of the Year Award, and Greylands was joint winner of the 1997 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction (Young Adult category), and was named a White Raven at the 1998 Bologna Children's Book Fair.

Isobelle's work for younger readers includes her two series, The Legend of Little Fur, and The Kingdom of the Lost, the first book of which, The Red Wind, won the CBCA Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers in 2011. She has also written several picture books as well as collections of short stories for children, young adults and adults.

Recently she completed a PhD at the University of Queensland and currently divides her time between her home on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria and Brisbane.