The Red Queen (Obernewtyn Chronicles)
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The Red Queen is the seventh and final book in the Obernewtyn series
Obernewtyn Chronicles
The Obernewtyn Chronicles is a series of science fiction and fantasy novels by Australian author Isobelle Carmody. The series has a post apocalyptic setting, and depict a world long after its destruction by a global nuclear holocaust....

 by Isobelle Carmody
Isobelle Carmody
Isobelle Jane Carmody is an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature.-Biography:Carmody began work on the highly acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles at the age of fourteen...

, and is expected for release in 2012 .

Synopsis

As the long-foreseen Seeker, Elspeth Gordie must continue to walk the black road, still haunted by memories of her love, Rushton. Yet what awaits her at the end of the black road shakens even her, for the lost community of the Compound, is not what it seems. As she struggles against her captors, she learns that her friends, and Rushton, have fallen into the hands of the deadly slavemasters of the Red Land. Moreover, every mistake and delay Elspeth faces in her quest sees the Destroyer closer to realising his goal of reawakening the weaponmachines Elspeth must destroy. Will all the Seeker has sacrificed be in vain?

Release Date

It was originally planned for The Sending
The Sending
The Sending is the sixth novel in the Obernewtyn Chronicles by Australian author Isobelle Carmody, and is the penultimate book in the series. It was originally intended to be the final book, but this was changed to allow Carmody to elaborate plot strands without it becoming too long...

 to be the final book in the series, and American publisher Random House to split it into two volumes, "The Sending" and "The Red Queen". However Isobelle Carmody announced that "The Red Queen" would become the final book, and be released in August 2012. The reason she cited for this decision that the one volume was far too long, and such a split allows her to elaborate on plot strands she had had to cut down.

Publication history

Single Book Publications:
Year Country Publisher Media Type Cover Designer Pages ISBN
2012 AUS Penguin Books
Penguin Books
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Paperback Les Petersen
US Random House
Random House
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