The Darkening King
Ned and the magical Circus of Marvels are back in a third rip-roaring, page-turning adventure!The Armstrongs are both predator and prey, hunting for clues to help them fight the Darkening-King, while constantly watching their backs. This time it’s not just the world of the Hidden searching for them: the Josser world is intent on capturing the family too. Leading the search is the curious Mr Fox and his agents in grey, and they’ve found an ally who knows Ned’s every move.As the world of the Hidden begins to fall apart, its horde of Demons and Darklings threatens to spill out of the shadows at any moment. With his trusty mouse and Familiar, Lucy and George, Ned must travel from the snow-swept forests of Siberia to the cliffs of Dover in a desperate attempt to rally allies for a final stand. Fearsome enemies will become allies and old allies enemies, as Ned prepares himself for the final battle.
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Childrenâs Books in 2018
Published in this ebook edition in 2018
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Contents
Prologue
1. Godshill
2. Afternoon Tea
3. The Door
4. Boiling
5. The Demon in the Tea Room
6. Grey-suits
7. Old Faces
8. The Butcher and the Hammer
9. The Nest
10. Tinks
11. Who? What? Why?
12. Little to Do about Nothing
13. Not Entirely Ideal
14. Not Entirely Alone
15. The Forest
16. We Have Company
17. Brother
18. The King in the Cave
19. Older than Old
20. The Stone Dragon
21. Trapped
22. Alliance
23. Brothers-in-arms
24. Headquarters
25. Mr Bear
26. A Brief Debrief
27. Father and Son
28. Clockwork Museum
29. Mr Cogsworth
30. A Decent Pub in Dublin
31. Tick-tock, the Mouse and the Clock
32. Trouble and Strife
33. Sharp Exit
34. No Exit
35. Dearly Departed
36. Best-made Plans
37. The Fey
38. The Liffey
39. Lemnus Gemfeather
40. The Glade Awakens
41. St Albertsburg
42. A Ball of Vines
43. Breaking and Entering
44. Magic Wakes
45. The Fallen
46. Boffins
47. Whiskers?
48. Mr Bearâs Insurance
49. Dad
50. Dinner for Two
51. Things That Go âBumpâ in the Night
52. The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend
53. Bananas
54. Past and Present
55. Ready?
56. The Forest Darkens
57. Really Real
58. Artificial Intelligence
59. Timeâs Up
60. The Un-Hidden
61. Wild Horses
62. The Night Before the Darkness
63. Barbarossa
64. âGood Luckâ
65. Mr Rook
66. The Wall of Wood
67. The Central Intelligence
68. Charging into Darkness
69. Tick, Tock
70. Into the Fray
71. Mr Spider and Mr Fox
72. Tricks and Traps
73. Whiskers and the Scientist
74. The Eastern Tower
75. Together
76. Barba and the King
77. The End of Everything
78. Light and Dark
79. Presents
80. Mr Fox
81. George and the Jungle
82. Toys
83. Everywhere
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Books by Justin Fisher
About the Publisher
Captain Nikolai Volkov and his men had travelled all the way from Irkutsk. The city was home to the 24th Spetsnaz Brigade and the young captain had long been counted in their ranks as the man to âget things doneâ. He was not in a good mood. The stories heâd heard were not untypical for such remote parts of the region. Superstitions and old wivesâ tales about âmagic and monstersâ, silly stories to keep their children from straying into the woods and a complete waste of Volkov and his specialist task forceâs time. The cramped cabin of his DT-30 mobile base was at least warm, though its powerful diesel engine was interminably loud and smelt even worse than it sounded. Outside, the twenty-five-strong squad of men travelled on sledges behind harnessed reindeer. Each one carried GPRS tracking devices, night-vision goggles, grenade launchers, specialist automatic rifles and every other gadget and technological advancement that the mighty Russian Army provided. But their most valuable asset was the Siberian reindeer. Reindeer did not break down and a reindeer could travel through a forestâs thickest region where a twenty-tonne troop carrier could not.
