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Firestarter

By Tara Sim
Series: Timekeeper
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The thrilling conclusion to the Timekeeper trilogy follows Colton, Daphne, and their allies as they face impossible choices amid a fight to topple the world's clock towers and free time itself. Captured by the Prometheus crew, they must decide whether to join the insurgents or resist and suffer the consequences. With Zavier's dangerous plan to resurrect the lost god of time unfolding across Prague, Austria, and India, loyalties are tested and the countdown to the eleventh hour grows ever shorter.
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The epic conclusion to the stunning Timekeeper trilogy, Firestarter continues the dangerous dark adventure of an alternate Victorian world where time is controlled by clocks.

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The final instalment of the Timekeeper trilogy. The crew of the Prometheus is intent on taking down the world's clock towers so that time can run freely.

Now captives, Colton, Daphne, and the others face a stark choice: join the Prometheus's cause or fight back in any small way they can and face the consequences. But Zavier, leader of the terrorists, has a bigger plan—to bring back the lost god of time.

As new threats emerge, loyalties must shift. No matter where the Prometheus goes—Prague, Austria, India—nowhere is safe, and every second ticks closer toward the eleventh hour.

Walking the line between villainy and heroism, each will have to choose what's most important: saving those you love at the expense of the many, or making impossible sacrifices for the sake of a better world.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781510706200

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 31 January 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Sky Pony Press

Illustration: Maps

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 748g

Pages: 528

Collections

Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Series: Timekeeper Tara Sim Young Adult

About the Author

Tara Sim can typically be found wandering the wilds of the Bay Area in California. When she's not chasing cats or lurking in bookstores, she writes books about magic, clocks, and explosives. She is the author of Timekeeper and Chainbreaker. Follow her on Twitter at @EachStarAWorld, and check out her website for fun Timekeeper extras.

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