The City of Dreaming Books

Following The 13 Lives of Captain Bluebear and Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures comes a third hilarious and beloved Zamonia book, the most popular yet. It is a fantastic tale for every book lover. Optimus Yarnspinner inherits from his godfather an unpublished manuscript by an unknown writer and sets off to track down the mysterious author, who disappeared into Bookholmthe socalled City of Dreaming Books. Yarnspinner falls under the spell of this bookobsessed metropolis, where an avid reader and budding author can find any number of charming attractions: priceless signed first editions, salivating literary agents, and forhire critics. But as Yarnspinner pursues the trail of the missing author, the darker side of Bookholm begins to unveil itselfcoldblooded book hunters, cyclopean Fearsome Booklings, sharptoothed Animatomes, and of course, the Shadow King, whose howls rise from deep beneath the city at night. Will Yarnspinner survive his quest into this world where reading is a genuine adventure?