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The Book Of Rapture
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See moreThree children wake up in a basement room of a city hotel. They have been drugged and taken from their beds in the middle of the night. Now they are here. Alone. The family has been betrayed to the government and Salt Cottage, their home on a clifftop above the ocean, is no longer safe. Their mother's scientific work has put them all in danger.
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Three children wake up in a basement room of a large city hotel. They have been drugged and taken from their beds in the middle of the night. Now they are here. Alone.
Where are their parents? Who can they trust? The family has been betrayed to the government and Salt Cottage, their home on a clifftop above the ocean, is no longer safe. Their mother's scientific work has put them all in danger.
To protect them, she must let them go. She must put her faith in an old family friend—and in her children's own resilience and courage.
The Book of Rapture by Nikki Gemmell weaves a gripping tale of survival and trust in a world where the stakes are perilously high.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780732289256
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 September 2010
Country: Australia
Imprint: Fourth Estate
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 322g
Pages: 286
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About the Author
Nikki Gemmell writes novels, memoirs, essays and columns. She is the bestselling author of some twenty books, including Shiver, The Bride Stripped Bare, After, The Ripping Tree and Dissolve. Her books have been translated into twenty-two languages. She was born in Wollongong, New South Wales.
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The Ripping Tree
An illustrious family. A beautiful home. A shipwrecked young woman left on its doorstep. Don't think they're going to save her. A new novel from international bestselling author, Nikki Gemmell. Early 1800s. Thomasina Trelora is on her way to the colonies. Her fate: to be married to a clergyman she's never met. As the Australian coastline comes into view, a...Paperback$3500Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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