The Curse of the Gloamglozer
core novel 2001 The Edge Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.13 (8,478 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 370 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780552547338 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
The Curse of the Gloamglozer shifts the Edge Chronicles to a new generation, opening the second trilogy within the series. Fourteen-year-old Quint Verginix, son of the famed sky pirate captain Wind Jackal, arrives at the floating city of Sanctaphrax, a great rock tethered to the ground by an immense chain, while his father is away on a voyage. Left to find his footing in the city's academic and political world, Quint gradually uncovers signs of a hidden menace stirring beneath Sanctaphrax, tied to old fears surrounding the legendary Gloamglozer. As suspicion and unease spread among the city's scholars and officials, Quint finds himself drawn into investigating the threat directly, with the safety of Sanctaphrax's inhabitants resting on what he discovers.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Edge Chronicles
- Series: The Edge Chronicles core; position 4 of 13 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Paul Stewart
- Author: Chris Riddell
Notes
- From the series record (The Edge Chronicles): Thirteen novels illustrated throughout by Chris Riddell.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Edge Chronicles: position 4 of 13: previous Midnight Over Sanctaphrax (2000) · next The Last of the Sky Pirates (2002)
Sources
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