"City of Amber: Prediction" ( Eng. The Prophet of Yonwood ) - an art book of the genre "fiction", the third part of the Tetralogy of Jean Dupro .
City of Amber: Prediction | |
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The prophet of yonwood | |
Genre | Fantasy |
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Original language | English |
Date of writing | 2006 |
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Previous | Ember City: People of Spark |
Following | City of Amber: Diamond of the Dark Fortress |
Content
Story
The action takes place for several decades before the apocalypse . There is a premonition of war in the world. Eleven-year-old Nikki Randolph arrives in the small town of Yonwood. Her mother and aunt inherited a mansion from her grandfather and are going to sell it. The girl wants to stay in the house, so she asks her mother to stay for a few weeks in Yonwood. She slowly explores the house and the city, and gradually all the secrets of Yonwood are revealed to her. Nikki learns about the mysterious prophetess , about the shield of good, at the same time meets a boy, Grover, who loves snakes. Together they will find the keys to solving all the riddles.
Main characters
- Nikki is the great-granddaughter of Arthur Green, who came to Yonwood and lives in the mansion of great-grandfather
- Grover - Nikki's friend
- Amanda - "the girl from the closet", Arthur Green's governess
- Crystal - Aunt Nikki
- Altia Tower - Prophetess
- Mrs. Beeson - a close friend of the prophetess
- Hoyt McCoy - "Madman" according to Mrs. Bison, a researcher
See also
- City of Amber: Escape (book)
- Ember City: People of Spark
Interesting Facts
- At the beginning of the book, Jean Dupro put J.B.C. Haldane's statement:
The universe is not just stranger than we imagine it. We can not even imagine how strange she is.
- The end of the book seems to pave the thread of meaning to the first book (Nikki, being a sixty-year-old old woman, agrees to participate in the experiment and live in the city under the ground; in the first book, Lin and Dun find her diary).
Links
- "City of Ember: Prediction" on the site " Laboratory Science Fiction "
- Portal Litru.ru (inaccessible link)