The Stone Pilot
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The Stone Pilot is a short novella in the Edge Chronicles series, created by Paul Stewart
and Chris Riddell
.
Like the novella Cloud Wolf, The Stone Pilot was specially written and published for World Book Day.
This book follows the character of Maugin, "The Stone Pilot (character)
"; a Termagant Trog who never turned termagant. She is of twelve seasons of the Bloodoak at the start of the book where she leaves the safety of the trog caverns where she lived and is captured by slavers. The Stone Pilot tells how Maugin is sold by slavers and saved by Quint (Cloud Wolf, The Curse of the Gloamglozer, Winter Knights and The Clash of the Sky Galleons) and taken onto a sky ship where she meets and befriends Maris. During a sky battle, the sky ship's Stone Pilot is killed, and Maugin takes the Stone Pilot's hood and gloves and operates the levers, ensuring the ship's safety from the League Ship who Quint had rescued Maugin from. Maugin later becomes the best Stone Pilot of the skies, and as the book ends, it explains how Maugin is waiting for Twig, and even though she was present at his birth, how she loves him; this is implied but not stated fully.
It is of note that there is some debate over where the novella is placed in the chronology of the overall Edge Chronicles series, as although the story takes place at one point in time (between The Winter Knights
and Clash of the Sky Galleons
), it is narrated from the viewpoint of a later point in time, as the older Maugin reminisces. It could perhaps be placed in between the Twig and Rook Barkwater sequences. Quint brings Maugin aboard The Galerider
, which is captained by Wind Jackal. In Clash of the Sky Galleons, she is described as the newest member of the crew.
Paul Stewart (writer)
Paul Stewart is a writer of children's books, best known for the bestselling The Edge Chronicles, the Free Lance novels and the Far Flung Adventures series which are written in collaboration with the illustrator Chris Riddell...
and Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's literature, and a political cartoonist for The Observer. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize seven times....
.
Like the novella Cloud Wolf, The Stone Pilot was specially written and published for World Book Day.
This book follows the character of Maugin, "The Stone Pilot (character)
The Stone Pilot (character)
The Stone Pilot, Maugin, is a fictional termagant trog from The Edge Chronicles books by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.- Character :Maugin is a reserved character; throughout the books she speaks very little, and has a shy personality. She is fiercely loyal to her captains and her crew...
"; a Termagant Trog who never turned termagant. She is of twelve seasons of the Bloodoak at the start of the book where she leaves the safety of the trog caverns where she lived and is captured by slavers. The Stone Pilot tells how Maugin is sold by slavers and saved by Quint (Cloud Wolf, The Curse of the Gloamglozer, Winter Knights and The Clash of the Sky Galleons) and taken onto a sky ship where she meets and befriends Maris. During a sky battle, the sky ship's Stone Pilot is killed, and Maugin takes the Stone Pilot's hood and gloves and operates the levers, ensuring the ship's safety from the League Ship who Quint had rescued Maugin from. Maugin later becomes the best Stone Pilot of the skies, and as the book ends, it explains how Maugin is waiting for Twig, and even though she was present at his birth, how she loves him; this is implied but not stated fully.
It is of note that there is some debate over where the novella is placed in the chronology of the overall Edge Chronicles series, as although the story takes place at one point in time (between The Winter Knights
The Winter Knights
The Winter Knights is a children's fantasy novel by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, first published in 2005. It is the eighth volume of The Edge Chronicles and the second of the Quint Saga trilogy; within the stories' own chronology it is the second novel, preceding the Twig Saga and Rook Saga...
and Clash of the Sky Galleons
Clash of the Sky Galleons
Clash of the Sky Galleons is a children's fantasy novel by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, first published in 2006. It is the ninth volume of The Edge Chronicles and the third of the Quint Saga trilogy; within the stories' own chronology it is the third novel, preceding the Twig Saga and Rook Saga...
), it is narrated from the viewpoint of a later point in time, as the older Maugin reminisces. It could perhaps be placed in between the Twig and Rook Barkwater sequences. Quint brings Maugin aboard The Galerider
The Galerider
The Galerider is a Fictional Sky Ship from Paul Stewart's The Edge Chronicles.Featuring in The Quint Saga, The Galerider is a Sky Pirate ship that saw at least four captains before its destruction in Clash of the Sky Galleons. It was present in the important battles of the time, including the...
, which is captained by Wind Jackal. In Clash of the Sky Galleons, she is described as the newest member of the crew.