Ironhand, Charlie Fletcher
Ironhand, Charlie Fletcher
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Ironhand
Book 2

Author: Charlie Fletcher

Narrator: Charlie Fletcher

Unabridged: 3 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/07/2013


Synopsis

'Edie,' said George, 'we're going to do this together. I'll be right there with you. Anything, anyone trying to get you is going to have to come past me first.' But when George makes his promise he is not aware that high on the rooftops an unseen gargoyle is watching them hungrily, quivering with anticipation for the moment when it will unfold its stone wings and pounce. The thing on the roof knows that nothing is over; nothing is finished. Ironhand takes us deeper into the layers of un-London, the place where the good and the bad statues, the spits and the taints, walk and war. George and Edie must repay the debt which they owe the Gunner for his sacrifice. They must face unspeakable danger and doubt if they are to save him. This second title in the Stoneheart sequence by Charlie Fletcher will shake you with its imaginative grasp and vision. It is an epic excitement, not to be missed ...

(P) Hodder Children's Books 2007

About Charlie Fletcher

Having studied English Literature at university , Charlie began his career in the film business carrying cans of film round Soho and making very bad cups of tea on the principal that he'd then be asked to do something a bit more interesting, a strategy that he recommends to anyone starting out as a tea-boy. He progressed to the BBC where he worked in film editing on everything from Drama to Current Affairs. He then went to California where he morphed into a screenwriter, having been awarded a Warner Brothers Fellowship in Screenwriting at USC School of Cinema and TV. He's written screenplays for Tri-Star, MGM, Paramount and Warner Bros among others. He continues to write for the movies, and also television. He still thinks that being a film editor is a pretty damn fine way to learn about story-telling in general, and narrative structure and pacing in particular. Charlie also moved into other types of writing including magazine features, a computer game and as both a national Sunday newspaper columnist and restaurant reviewer. Finally he found the way to combine all those writing strands and produced some rattling-good children's books! The Stoneheart trilogy has been a massive international hit and Charlie has recently sold the movie rights of Stoneheart to Paramount. He has also been asked to write the screenplay himself, which just shows you should never make plans, since he actually wrote the books to get away from Hollywood for a bit... In his personal life, Charlie met and married his wife, a fellow Scot, in LA. They have two children, whom Charlie calls his first, most important, and toughest audience. They've all now returned from California and live in Edinburgh with a terrier called Archie.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sheila on March 09, 2020

I just finished revisiting this terrific fantasy via audiobook, brilliantly narrated by Jim Dale. Here's my review of the Kindle edition, which I read last year: This is the second installment of Charlie Fletcher's "Stoneheart" trilogy, which is set in an alternate London, or "un-London," that is emb......more

Goodreads review by Clare on August 25, 2018

George and Edie of Stoneheart are together briefly in this book, before George promises to protect Edie and promptly gets snatched up by a gargoyle. They spend most of the rest separately. There is no dragon this time. The story was set up in the first book, but now wanders a long way from 'he broke......more

Goodreads review by Belinda on July 07, 2022

4,5 stars - English Ebook Book 2 in the Stoneheart trilogy continues George and Edie's journey through an alternate London of living statues. Keeps the pace and interest of the first book with new twists. Adolescent fiction with clues to follow and references to English history that beg for reading a......more

Goodreads review by Belinda on July 07, 2022

4,25 stars - English Ebook George and Edie of Stoneheart are together briefly in this book, before George promises to protect Edie and promptly gets snatched up by a gargoyle. They spend most of the rest separately. There is no dragon this time. The story was set up in the first book, but now wanders......more

Goodreads review by Deity World on April 14, 2023

Even better than the previous book so much mystery going on and Edie is saved from death can’t wait for the final instalment......more


Quotes

Action packed ... insightful The Sunday Times

A stirringly good follow-up The Sunday Times

An excellent, fast-paced novel Chicklish

A very realistic, exciting adventure story Lancashire Book of the Year 2009

You won't be able to put this one down Flipside

An epic excitement, not to be missed Publishing News

Will shake you with its imaginative grasp and breathtaking vision. It is an epic excitement, not to be missed Family Magazine