The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, H. G. Parry
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, H. G. Parry
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The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
A Novel

Author: H. G. Parry

Narrator: Calum Gittens

Unabridged: 18 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Redhook

Published: 07/23/2019


Synopsis

The ultimate book-lover's fantasy, this sparkling debut is a "delight of magic and literature, love and adventure" (Kat Howard) featuring a young scholar with the power to bring literary characters into the world.

For his entire life, Charley Sutherland has concealed a magical ability he can't quite control: He can bring characters from books into the real world.
But when literary characters start causing trouble throughout the city and threatening to destroying the world, he learns he's not the only one with his ability. Now it's up to Charley and his reluctant older brother, Rob, to stop them--hopefully before they reach The End.
Praise for The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep:
"A star-studded literary tour and a tangled mystery and a reflection on reading itself; it's a pure delight." --Alix E. Harrow, Hugo Award-winning author
"This beautifully-written novel is an exploration of the power fiction wields -- the power to inform and to change, even to endanger, our everyday world." --Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches
"Equal parts sibling rivalry, crackling mystery, and Dickensian battle royale, it'll be one of your most fun reads this year." --Mike Chen, author of Here and Now and Then

Author Bio

H. G. Parry lives in a book-infested flat in Wellington, New Zealand, which she shares with her sister and two overactive rabbits. She holds a PhD in English literature from Victoria University of Wellington, and teaches English, film and media studies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Celeste on September 23, 2019

I received a copy of this book from the publisher (Orbit US/Redhook) in exchange for an honest review. It’s. Not. Fair. I know that life isn’t. But stories are. Or if they’re not fair, they’re not fair with purpose. I wish I could tell better where stories end and life begins. Sometimes you just need to es......more

Goodreads review by TS on January 12, 2020

A review copy received from the publisher, Orbit UK, in exchange for an honest review. How many of us readers have experienced the kind of immersion and connection to a story, its setting or its characters, which made us wish that it could be real? I'd gander a guess that it covers pretty much all of......more