catherine fisher

Darkhenge Catherine Fisher Eos, Mar 2006, $15.99 ISBN: 0060785829 In Avebury, England, following a riding mishap, Chloe is hospitalized in a comatose state. Her parents are distraught visiting her frequently and forcing her older brother Rob see her at least once a week. Rob cares for his...

Day of the Scarab Catherine Fisher Harper Collins, June 2006, $16.99, 384 pp. ISBN 0060571634 General Argelin, after killing Hermia, one of the Nine and Speaker for the god, crowns himself king and Archon. The real Archon returns from the Well of Songs to see his people caught in a stranglehold...

Corbenic Catherine Fisher Greenwillow, Sep 2006, $16.99 ISBN: 0060724702 Cal is on his way to his Uncle Trevor’s home in Chepstow to work in his accounting firm; he leaves behind his mother who always drinks to drown out the voices only she could hear. Cal mistakenly disembarks at Corbenic when...

Incarceron Catherine Fisher Dial, Jan 26 2010, $7.99 ISBN: 9780803733961 Energy resources are severely depleted since the war occurred. To save what is left of civilization; Incarceron Prison was built to house dissidents, radicals and criminals. This was sealed up so no one can enter or leave...

Darkwater Catherine Fisher Dial, Sep 27 2012, $16.99 ISBN: 9780803738188 Trevelyan gambled away Darkwater Hall and lost all his money. He and his sixteen year old Sarah reside with their former servant Martha in her dilapidated cottage. Her dad remains domicile depressed even as the villagers...

Has anyone else read her "Darkhenge"? It didn't come up when I did a forum search. I've just finished it and thought it was fantastic, the kind of story I've been looking for for years without realising it. It reminded me of the best of Alan Garner, Susan Cooper and Robert Holdstock - a way of...

I'm currently reading my way through this excellent (in my opinion) YA trilogy: Greco-Egyptian type setting; vaguely reminiscent of LeGuin's Tombs of Atuan; the first book was short-listed for the Whitbread Children's Book Award, and I can see why. I bought the first one at Half Price Books...