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City of Nightmares
City of Nightmares (Related to this series)
- Author
- Rebecca Schaeffer
- Narrator
- Saskia Maarleveld
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 10 January 2023
- Run Time
- 8 hours 27 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Face your fear . . . or become your nightmare.
Ever since her sister became a man-eating spider and slaughtered her way through town, nineteen-year-old Ness has been terrified - terrified of some other Nightmare murdering her, and terrified of ending up like her sister. Because in Newham, the city that never sleeps, dreaming means waking up as your worst fear.
Whether that means becoming a Nightmare that's monstrous only in appearance, or transforming into a twisted, unrecognizable creature that terrorizes the city, no one is safe. Ness will do anything to avoid becoming another victim, even if that means lying low among the Friends of the Restful Soul, a questionable organization that may or may not be a cult.
But being a member of this maybe-cult has a price. In order to prove herself, Ness cons her way into what's supposed to be a simple job for the organization - only for it to blow up in her face. Literally. Tangled up in the aftermath of an explosive assassination, now Ness and the only other survivor - a Nightmare boy who Ness suspects is planning to eat her - must find their way back to Newham and uncover the sinister truth behind the attack, even as the horrors of her past loom ominously near.
(P) 2023 HarperCollins Publishers
Critics Review
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Rebecca Schaeffer delivers another dose of morally ambiguous, delightful chaos
Xiran Jay Zhao, New York Times bestselling author of Iron Widow
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One of my favorite books of the year! Phenomenally fun, with a vivid, vicious world that's stuffed with monsters (both human and otherwise) and a heroine you'll root for. I absolutely loved it!
Sarah Beth Durst, award-winning author of THE QUEENS OF RENTHIA series
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Thrilling, atmospheric and wonderfully original! In a world where people become their worst nightmares, Ness has to contend with explosions, monsters, assassins - and a cute vampire boy! Rebecca Schaeffer's City of Nightmares is a page-turning read full of twists and mysteries. I loved it!
Vanessa Len, author of Only a Monster
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Not for the faint-hearted
BBC Online
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This fantasy adventure is set in a world where bad dreams come to terrifying life, as two teens are thrown together in a chilling fight for survival
Cosmo
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The story takes us on a fantasy adventure, a journey of self-discovery and growth for the girls ... a good read
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Details
- Author
- Rebecca Schaeffer
- Narrator
- Saskia Maarleveld
- Duration
- 8 hours 27 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 January 2023
- ISBN
- 9781399712125
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction, Mythical creatures: Vampires, werewolves and other shapeshifters
Synopsis
In a Gotham-inspired city where people go to sleep and wake up as their own nightmares, perfectly normal, perfectly terrified Ness must face her biggest fears, before she ends up a casualty in some else's villainous war.Face your fear . . . or become your nightmare.Ever since her sister became a man-eating spider and slaughtered her way through town, nineteen-year-old Ness has been terrified - terrified of some other Nightmare murdering her, and terrified of ending up like her sister. Because in Newham, the city that never sleeps, dreaming means waking up as your worst fear.Whether that means becoming a Nightmare that's monstrous only in appearance, or transforming into a twisted, unrecognizable creature that terrorizes the city, no one is safe. Ness will do anything to avoid becoming another victim, even if that means lying low among the Friends of the Restful Soul, a questionable organization that may or may not be a cult.But being a member of this maybe-cult has a price. In order to prove herself, Ness cons her way into what's supposed to be a simple job for the organization - only for it to blow up in her face. Literally. Tangled up in the aftermath of an explosive assassination, now Ness and the only other survivor - a Nightmare boy who Ness suspects is planning to eat her - must find their way back to Newham and uncover the sinister truth behind the attack, even as the horrors of her past loom ominously near. (P) 2023 HarperCollins Publishers
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