Search -
The City of Dreaming Books (The Zamonia Series, Book 3)
The City of Dreaming Books - The Zamonia Series, Book 3 Author:Walter Moers Following The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear and Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures comes a third hilarious and beloved 'Zamonia' book, the most popular yet. It is a fantastic tale for every book lover. — Optimus Yarnspinner inherits from his godfather an unpublished manuscript by an unknown writer and sets off to track down the mysterious author, w... more »ho disappeared into Bookholm -- the so-called City of Dreaming Books. Yarnspinner falls under the spell of this book-obsessed metropolis, where an avid reader and budding author can find any number of charming attractions: priceless signed first editions, salivating literary agents, and for-hire critics. But as Yarnspinner pursues the trail of the missing author, the darker side of Bookholm begins to unveil itself -- cold-blooded book hunters, fearsome cyclopean Booklings, sharp-toothed Animatomes, and of course, the Shadow King, whose howls rise from deep beneath the city at night. Will Yarnspinner survive his quest into this world where reading is a genuine adventure?« less