Fifty years after the floating city of Sanctaphrax was swept away, the Edgeworld has changed. For the worse. Cruel shrykes control the great Mire Road whilst slave labour is endemic. When a young apprentice knight academic, Rook, sets out on a perilous journey through the Deepwoods, he meets a mysterious stranger living with the banderbears and is propelled right into the middle of a dangerous adventure in which a small group of fighters must challenge the dark might of the Guardians of the Night...Set 50 years after the events in Midnight Over Sanctaphrax, The Last of the Sky Pirates is the first of a new trilogy of Edgeworld adventures.

 

This book is part of a book series called The Edge Chronicles .

There are 384 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

PAUL STEWART is a well-established author of books for young readers everything from picture books to football stories, fantasy and horror.