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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext The next instalment in George's breathtaking adventures. Readers will find that London never looks the same again! '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... Zusammenfassung '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 ... ...
