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A spectacular fantasy adventure, where three children, led by Marcel, battle against the Book of Lies to find their true identities.What is the Book of Lies It is a collection of all the lies ever told If you open the Book and tell a lie the Book has not heard, it will add it to its collection. If you tell the Book a lie it has heard before, it will speak the lie out loud. If the Book speaks a lie over and over, it will convince you it is the truth, so a lie and the truth become oneIn the dead of night, an unconscious boy is brought to an orphanage. All traces of anything that could identify the boy are removed, including the gold ring he wears, engraved with the name Marcel. A book is placed in front of the boy and opened. But this is no ordinary book it is the Book of Lies. A powerful magic user, Lord Alwyn, uses the lies the Book contains to erase Marcels former life, and give him a new identity.But there is someone else in the room, someone who fills Marcels ears with wax to prevent him absorbing the lies flowing from the Book. For Marcel is not the only orphan who has had his identity changed by the Book of Lies, and he is soon thrown into an adventure that will see him encounter wolves, a flying horse, elves, a usurper king and his army and enchanted prisons. But the final battle will be with the Book of Lies itself, as only it can provide Marcel with his true identity.
After being stripped of his identity by a malevolent magical artifact, a young boy named Marcel must navigate a perilous world to reclaim his true self. Marcel finds himself at the center of a conflict involving Lord Alwyn, a powerful magic user who weaponizes the Book of Lies to rewrite the histories of orphans. With his ears protected from the book's reality-altering whispers, Marcel joins forces with other displaced children to challenge the usurper king and the dark magic that binds them. The narrative follows their quest through enchanted landscapes, utilizing a third-person perspective to track their encounters with mythical creatures and the looming threat of the book itself.
This work presents a classic fantasy framework centered on the struggle for individual autonomy against systemic deception. The premise suggests a focus on the psychological weight of memory and the physical dangers of a world governed by magical manipulation. Readers likely encounter a fast-paced narrative that balances traditional adventure tropes with the unique conceptual hook of the sentient, truth-distorting book. The story appears to emphasize the resilience of the protagonists as they navigate a landscape where the line between reality and fabrication is constantly shifting.
Page Count:
400
Publication Date:
2011-01-01
Publisher:
Harpercollins Pub Ltd
ISBN-10:
0007140797
ISBN-13:
9780007140794
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