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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (AUS)
ISBN:
9781526665430
Bind Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability:
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Forbidden Atlas
198(Ht mm) 129(Wdt mm) 384
Sam Sedgman is part of the bestselling author duo of the Adventures on Trains series which has sold over 250,000 copies in the UK and gained two coveted Waterstones Book of the Month titles With its STEM-by-stealth time theme, kids will pick up all sorts of scientific principles through a gripping and fast-paced adventure, making it a surefire family hit The Parisian setting gives kids a new fascinating location to explore while they solve the mystery alongside Isaac Sam Sedgman is a bestselling author, confirmed nerd and enthusiastic ferroequinologist. Before writing stories for children, Sam worked as a digital producer at the National Theatre, which meant nosing around backstage with a camera and a microphone, cajoling theatre makers into explaining how stories get made. Forever interested in piecing things together, Sam is a lifelong fan of puzzles, games and detective fiction, and once founded a company making murder mystery treasure hunts for adventurous Londoners. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages. When he isnât writing, Sam is usually poring over a map to plan his next adventure, devising a treasure hunt for his friends or explaining some weird fact to you. He lives in London, on top of a railway station.The exhilarating sequel to The Clockwork Conspiracy, Isaac Turner is back for another action-packed mystery adventure.
'An ingenious mystery' - A. F. Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief, on THE CLOCKWORK CONSPIRACY
Isaac and Hattie have been invited to a high-profile event at the French National Archives in Paris to finally celebrate their achievement in saving time. But as Isaac prepares to make his speech, the lights go out and a single shot is fired.
The police think it was an assassination attempt on the infamous businessman Balthazar Blaise, but Isaac and Hattie realise that something very different is going on when they discover a boy taking something from the archives before vanishing without a trace.
As they investigate, Isaac and Hattie are pulled into an underground world, searching secret and forgotten places for a stolen letter, a missing sister and a map that will unearth a long buried secret ...