Legion of the dead

Description

"The corpses swayed where they stood, their bony arms outstretched before them and tattered sleeves hanging limply in the foggy air. I smelled the sourness of the sewers about them; that, and the sweet whiff of death. Their sunken eyes bored into mine. I was surrounded. . . ." Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, delivering messages and running errands all over the city, day and night. Gangland funerals and diving expeditions are hazardous enough, but when the graveyards begin to give up their dead, this tick-tock lad is faced with his deadliest challenge yet. . . .A blood-curdling tale of greed and betrayal. Will Barnaby be defeated by the Legion of the Dead?Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's incomparable Barnaby Grimes returns for another adventure in the third installment of the brilliantly exciting horrorthriller series set in Dickensian London.From the Hardcover edition.

Description

Barnaby Grimes is pitted against an army of Victorian-era zombies. The funeral of a master criminal brings a dozen squabbling gangs together for a moment of peace, but when Barnaby shortcuts through the graveyard and sees the body rise from the earth, a terrifying mystery is born.

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Series Statement

• Barnaby Grimes

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Other Editions

• Legion of the deadDavid Fickling Books2010-01-01
• Legion Of The DeadRandom House Children's Publishers UK2008-01-01
• Legion Of The DeadRandom House Children's Publishers UK2009-01-01
• L'étrange affaire des morts vivantsMilan2009-01-01
• Legion of the DeadeBookRandom House Children's Books2010-01-01
• Barnaby GrimesFickling Books, David2010-01-01