Limbo Lodge


by Joan Aiken (Author)

Book Cover for Limbo Lodge

   Book 5   
Pages: 220
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Dido Twite has been sailing the high seas, chasing after Lord Herodsfoot, who is scouring the globe for new and interesting games. Now he's needed back in London, in the hope that his games will help King James, who is lying ill and wretched with a mysterious disease no doctor can cure. Dido's search has taken her to Aratu, a mysterious spice island where foreigners seldom venture—perhaps due to the deadly pearl snakes and sting monkeys there.

When Dido lands at Aratu, she realizes that there is something even more dangerous than poisonous snakes on the island. She soon makes friends among the Forest People and learns of a plot to overthrow the island's king, who lives at his palace on the Cliffs of Death. Will Dido and her friends be able to reach him in time?

Please note: This book was also published in the United States under the title Dangerous Games.

Wolves Chronicles Series—Summary and Book Order

Series: Wolves Chronicles
Reading level: 9+
Books in series: 12
Read in order? No
Next release: Finished
Tags: fantasy  adventure  historical  animals  myth & legend  steampunk 

 Print series book list

Books in series order

1.   The Wolves of Willoughby Chase  (1962)
2.   Black Hearts in Battersea  (1964)
3.   Nightbirds on Nantucket  (1966)
4.   The Stolen Lake  (1981)
5.   Limbo Lodge  (1999)
6.   The Cuckoo Tree  (1971)
7.   Dido and Pa  (1986)
8.   Is Underground  (1992)
9.   Cold Shoulder Road  (1995)
10.   Midwinter Nightingale  (2003)
11.   The Witch of Clatteringshaws  (2005)
+   The Whispering Mountain  (1968)