Abarat: Absolute Midnight

Name: Abarat: Absolute Midnight
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Author: Clive Barker
ISBN: 9780062192721

Author: Clive Barker

Series: Abarat #3

Narrator: Richard Ferrone

Unabridged: 15 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/10/2012

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Clive Barker, author of The Thief of Always, delivers an epic battle filled with fantasy and adventure that readers won't want to put down!Candy Quackenbush, her allies, and her enemies are back in Abarat: Absolute Midnight, the third book in Clive Barker's New York Times bestselling Abarat series.""The waiting is over. Tomorrow there will be no dawn. Only midnight, absolute and eternal."" Mater Motley, the Old Mother of Darkness herself—following the events of Abarat and Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War—has crafted a scheme that may destroy the Abarat, a vast archipelago where every hour is an island in one eternal day.When Candy discovers Mater Motley's secret plot, she realizes that only she can bring an end to the destruction. Only she can stop the complete darkness threatening to abolish all hope and happiness from the Abarat.

About Clive Barker

Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times bestsellers Abarat; Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War; the Hellraiser and Candyman series, and The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed painter, film producer, and director. He lives in Southern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rhea on January 26, 2015

This review is weird to write, because I liked this book. Really, I did! In fact, I shelved it with my "semi-favorites" - I enjoyed it that much. But then I thought about it, and realized that it's glittery, trippy exterior had masked its faults, and that Abarat is worse than it seems. Here's why I l......more

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on October 21, 2019

One of these books that stay in mind because they are so uniquely written and perfectly master the genre-mix. It´s a funny trip trough different elements of horror, sci-fi and fantasy from a multitalented writer, director and painter. This man helped the evolution of the horror movie and created meme......more

Goodreads review by EdIsInHell on March 15, 2024

Excellent story by Clive Barker. Well written.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle {Book Hangovers} on October 24, 2018

**** October 25, 2018...... Rereading a Third time, this time listening to the audiobook**** This is the second time I've read this fascinating, imaginative adventure story. It is intensely creative, with characters and a world only the mind of Clive Barker could conjure up. If you'd like to take a jo......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on June 19, 2009

I always tell my students that if Clive Barker weren't so talented, he would be eating people for a living. Though this is a young adult novel, it still has elements of the macabre. Occasionally Barker becomes enthralled by his own imagery, but overall, the plot moves quickly, and you really care ab......more