The Speed of Darkness
Chronoptika (Obsidian Mirror) Series
Author: Catherine Fisher
Book 4 in the Chronoptika (Obsidian Mirror) series
Pages: 360
Published: 2016
Age: 11+
A great storm brews out at sea and batters the Devon coast, flooding vast swathes of land. At Wintercombe Abbey the preceding weeks have been spent in a ferment of experimentation, as Jake Wilde's father, David and Maskelyne work furiously on Operation Leah. They have been practising changing tiny events in the past, in preparation for the rescue of Venn's wife Leah from death, the culmination of their work with the Obsidian Mirror.
But in the aftermath of the storm, the Abbey is a drowned house. Where is the Mirror? What has happened to the two halves of the Janus coin? Whose is the mysterious boat wrecked up on the nearby beach? And what plans of mischief and mayhem lay in store for Halloween – the day chosen for Leah's return? Riddles and mysteries unfold in the spellbinding conclusion to Chronoptika quartet.
About the Chronoptika (Obsidian Mirror) Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Obsidian Mirror(2012)
- 2.The Box of Red Brocade (The Slanted Worlds)(2013)
- 3.The Door in the Moon(2015)
- 4.The Speed of Darkness(2016)
Reading age: 11+ years
This series should be read in order.
Time travel and the faery world collide in this intriguing fantasy series.
The mysterious and powerful obsidian mirror is a black mirror which forms a portal to both the past and the future. Strangers from the past and the future - a product of the mirror's power to twist time - begin collecting at Wintercombe Abbey estate. And all the while, a tribe of elemental beings surround the isolated estate; fey, cold, untrustworthy, and filled with hate for humans.
Time-travel provides the opportunity for adventure and the lure of the past and future, with all the irresistible paradoxes and problems such a story creates. Throw in elemental creatures such as faeries, and you have an edgy and fast-paced series that will keep the reader guessing.
Each book in the series explores themes of fate and time and whether we should change the past if we could—and what that might cost us.
And the Mirror? Well the Mirror is Time itself. The answer to every problem…and the real enemy.