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Hardcover. Clean text. Dust jacket has been taped at the back top spine area (see photo).
Graham Peter Taylor (born 1958 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire), pen-name G. P. Taylor, is the author of the best-selling novels Shadowmancer, which has been translated into 48 languages, Wormwood and Tersias. Before taking up writing full-time, he was a police officer, motorcyclist and former rock band roadie turned Anglican vicar in the village of Cloughton, North Yorkshire. Taylor has three children and currently resides in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._P._Taylor
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There is never a dull moment for Mariah Mundi living in the Prince Regent Hotel. But catastrophe strikes when three eminent visitors spontaneously combust at a hotel party. Just a freak of nature or a cleverly plotted murder? When hotel owner Captain Charity is arrested on suspicion of murder, Mariah Mundi and his friend Sacha must find the truth urgently to save both the Captain and the hotel. Could the answer lie in the mythical Ghost Diamonds?
Amazon Reviews
A feast of language and adventure., May 8, 2012
By Mr. John Booth
GP Taylor is an interesting writer. I read his first book Shadowmancer and its sequel some years ago and admired his impeccable use of language, while at the same time finding the bleakness of his vision somewhat off-putting. Taylor writes meanest of spirit and darkness of soul better than any writer I know.
I might have left it at that except that I came across the first of the Mariah Mundi books in a discount bookstore a couple of months ago and enjoyed it greatly. As a writer of young adult fiction, I have trod within the same territory; Victorian steampunk adventures in which magic vies with gothic technology to take centre stage. I was captivated by the relationship Mariah (who is a boy btw) forms with the girl, Sacha, and wanted to read more.
Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds is the second story in the trilogy and is a worthy read. Taylor doesn't disappoint in either language or storyline. This is a truly exciting adventure. You should buy and read it.
I was a little disappointed by the way Sacha is little more than a cipher in this novel. She was stronger in the first book and I love strong female characters. (I've been accused of creating a lot of them.) But that aside, this is an excellent read and well worth your time.
Good reading
By Lynn on October 16, 2013
I like the books by this author. They are scary, make you pay attention to what is goin on, for young teens.
Of the Mariah Mundi Series
By LautuLoman on March 11, 2014
I watched the new The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box movie and had to read the books afterwards. This was an international buy and the shipping was FAST. I received this one before I got the first one. The book is in pretty good condition. It was obviously a library book, judging from a label and bar code inside. The cover was a little bent on the front and the front page (not part of the story) was cut off but those imperfections do not take away from the buy. Other than that it was in great condition.
USD 39.62 (buy new) excluding shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/Mariah-Mundi-Ghost-Diamonds-Taylor/dp/0571226469
Consigned item sold "As Is/ Where Is" with no guarantees, warranties, refunds or exchanges.
Hardcover. Clean text. Dust jacket has been taped at the back top spine area (see photo).
Graham Peter Taylor (born 1958 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire), pen-name G. P. Taylor, is the author of the best-selling novels Shadowmancer, which has been translated into 48 languages, Wormwood and Tersias. Before taking up writing full-time, he was a police officer, motorcyclist and former rock band roadie turned Anglican vicar in the village of Cloughton, North Yorkshire. Taylor has three children and currently resides in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._P._Taylor
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There is never a dull moment for Mariah Mundi living in the Prince Regent Hotel. But catastrophe strikes when three eminent visitors spontaneously combust at a hotel party. Just a freak of nature or a cleverly plotted murder? When hotel owner Captain Charity is arrested on suspicion of murder, Mariah Mundi and his friend Sacha must find the truth urgently to save both the Captain and the hotel. Could the answer lie in the mythical Ghost Diamonds?
Amazon Reviews
A feast of language and adventure., May 8, 2012
By Mr. John Booth
GP Taylor is an interesting writer. I read his first book Shadowmancer and its sequel some years ago and admired his impeccable use of language, while at the same time finding the bleakness of his vision somewhat off-putting. Taylor writes meanest of spirit and darkness of soul better than any writer I know.
I might have left it at that except that I came across the first of the Mariah Mundi books in a discount bookstore a couple of months ago and enjoyed it greatly. As a writer of young adult fiction, I have trod within the same territory; Victorian steampunk adventures in which magic vies with gothic technology to take centre stage. I was captivated by the relationship Mariah (who is a boy btw) forms with the girl, Sacha, and wanted to read more.
Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds is the second story in the trilogy and is a worthy read. Taylor doesn't disappoint in either language or storyline. This is a truly exciting adventure. You should buy and read it.
I was a little disappointed by the way Sacha is little more than a cipher in this novel. She was stronger in the first book and I love strong female characters. (I've been accused of creating a lot of them.) But that aside, this is an excellent read and well worth your time.
Good reading
By Lynn on October 16, 2013
I like the books by this author. They are scary, make you pay attention to what is goin on, for young teens.
Of the Mariah Mundi Series
By LautuLoman on March 11, 2014
I watched the new The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box movie and had to read the books afterwards. This was an international buy and the shipping was FAST. I received this one before I got the first one. The book is in pretty good condition. It was obviously a library book, judging from a label and bar code inside. The cover was a little bent on the front and the front page (not part of the story) was cut off but those imperfections do not take away from the buy. Other than that it was in great condition.
USD 39.62 (buy new) excluding shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/Mariah-Mundi-Ghost-Diamonds-Taylor/dp/0571226469
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