Garth Nix — Shade&Apos;S Children

London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. Cloth. A very pleasing signed copy of this young adult science fiction novel from Australian author Garth Nix. Later edition, first published in the UK in 2004. Signed by the author to the title page. In a not-so-distant future, evil Overlords have ruled for fifteen years due to a catastrophic "Change" which caused all people over the age of fourteen to simply disappear. Since then, no child may live past their fourteenth birthday, instead they are taken to the Meat Factory and their muscles, brain, and other organs are harvested to create creatures. Written by Garth Richard Nix, an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the Old Kingdom, Seventh Tower and Keys to the Kingdom series In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.