The Last of the Sky Pirates
core novel 2002 The Edge Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.23 (6,479 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 510 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780552569699 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
The Last of the Sky Pirates opens the third saga of the Edge Chronicles, centered on Rook Barkwater, an under-librarian living in the tunnels beneath Undertown. Rook is unexpectedly elevated to the rank of librarian knight and sent, alongside fellow knights Magda and Stob, into the Deepwoods on a treatise-voyage in search of a cure for stone-sickness, an affliction that has grounded the buoyant rocks vital to sky travel. During the expedition Rook encounters banderbears and crosses paths again with an aged Twig, a figure from earlier in the series. Unknown to Rook, one of his own companions is secretly passing information to the tyrannical Guardians of Night, whose opposition threatens to turn the search for a cure into a far more dangerous confrontation.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Edge Chronicles
- Series: The Edge Chronicles core; position 5 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 5 of 13: previous The Curse of the Gloamglozer (2001) · next Vox (2003)
Sources
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