Absolute Midnight - Clive Barker

In the third incredible book in Barker's epic, New York Times-bestselling fantasy series, Candy's extraordinary journey continues as she is put to the ultimate test to save the Abarat and her friends from total destruction and eternal darkness. Illustrations. \n \nClive Barker, author of The Thief of Always, delivers an epic battle filled with fantasy and adventure that readers won't want to put down!\n \nCandy Quackenbush, her allies, and her enemies are back in Abarat: Absolute Midnight, the third book in Clive Barker's New York Times bestselling Abarat series.\n \nThe waiting is over. Tomorrow there will be no dawn. Only midnight, absolute and eternal. Mater Motley, the Old Mother of Darkness herself--following the events of Abarat and Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War--has crafted a scheme that may destroy the Abarat, a vast archipelago where every hour is an island in one eternal day.\n \nWhen Candy discovers Mater Motley's secret plot, she realizes that only she can bring an end to the destruction. Only she can stop the complete darkness threatening to abolish all hope and happiness from the Abarat.\n