The Secret Hour (Midnighters, Book #1)
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- Synopsis
- The Secret Hour is a 300 page modern magics novel written by the acclaimed author Scott Westerfeld and first published in 2004. It is the first volume of a trilogy by Westerfeld entitled Midnighters; Touching Darkness is the second. The summary by Eos reads as follows: nobody is safe in the secret hour Strange things happen at midnight in the town of Bixby, Oklahoma. Time freezes. Nobody moves. For one secret hour each night, the town belongs to the dark creatures that haunt the shadows. Only a small group of people know about the secret hour-only they are free to move about the midnight time. These people call themselves Midnighters. Each one has a different power that is strongest at midnight: Seer, Mindcaster, Acrobat, Polymath. For years the Midnighters and the dark creatures have shared the secret hour, uneasily avoiding one another. All that changes when the new girl with an unmistakable tt| midnight aura appears at Bixby High School. Jessica Day is not an outsider like the other Midnighters. She acts perfectly normal in every way. But it soon becomes clear that the dark !creatures sense a hidden power in Jessica . . . and they're determined to stop her before she can use it. A story of courage, shadowy perils, and (unexpected destiny, the secret hour is the first volume of the mesmerizing Midnighters trilogy by acclaimed author Scott Westerfeld. scott westerfeld has written five adult novels, including THE RISEN EMPIRE and THE KILLING OF WORLDS. He was born in Texas and has also designed children's software and composed electronic music. He alternates his summers between New York City and Sydney, Australia.
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 299 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780060519513
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 09/06/07
- Copyrighted By:
- 17th Street Productions, an Alloy company, and Scott David Westerfeld
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Roger Drewicke
- Proofread By:
- Christamae Zimpel
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.