Pastworld

Pastworld

by IanBeck (Author)

Synopsis

Pastworld. A city within a city. A city for excursions and outings. Pastworld is a theme park with a difference, where travellers can journey back in time for a brush with an authentic Victorian past. But what if the Jack the Ripper figure stopped play-acting and really started killing people? For Caleb, a tourist from the present day, his visit goes terribly wrong when his father is kidnapped and he finds himself accused of murder. Then Caleb meets Eve, a Pastworld inhabitant who has no idea the modern world exists. Both Caleb and Eve have roles to play in the murderer's diabolical plans - roles that reveal disturbing truths about their origins.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 05 Jul 2010

ISBN 10: 1408802260
ISBN 13: 9781408802267
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: Dystopian vision of the urban future, with a smattering of a Victorian past Shortlisted in the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2010

Media Reviews
'Well-paced with more twists than the Fantom's slippery path' The Bookseller 'Ian Beck ... has crafted an exciting steampunk novel that blends Dickens and Conan Doyle with Michael Crichton and 'V for Vendetta' to good effect' James Lovegrove, Financial Times 'Superb; truly atmospheric, truly mysterious and truly a thriller' School Librarian
Author Bio
Ian Beck is well known as an illustrator as well as more recently a writer of young fiction with the publication of the very successful Tom Trueheart titles by OUP. This is his first foray into the world of teen fiction. Ian lives in west London.