Título: The Child Thief
Autor: Brom
Sinopse: Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief—and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life. He appears to lonely, lost children—the broken, hopeless, and sexually abused—promising to take them to a secret place of great adventure, where magic is alive, and you never grow old. But his promised land is not Neverland. . . . With this haunting, provocative, relentlessly thrilling reconsideration of a timeless children's classic, the acclaimed artist Brom dramatically displays another side of his extraordinary talent. Exploring the stygian blackness that gathers at the root of the beloved Peter Pan legend, he carries readers into a faerieland at once magically wondrous and deeply disturbing. Fourteen-year-old Nick would be lying dead in a Brooklyn park—murdered by drug dealers—had Peter not sprung out of the trees to save him. Now the irresistibly charismatic wild boy wants Nick to follow him into a strange and unsettling mist swirling around the bay. Even though he is wary of Peter's crazy talk of faeries and monsters, Nick agrees. After all, nowhere in New York City is safe for him now. And what more can he possibly lose? There is always more to lose. Accompanying Peter to a gray and ravished island that was once a lush, enchanted paradise, Nick finds himself unwittingly recruited for a war that has raged for centuries. He must learn to fight or die as he struggles to fit in with the "Devils"—Peter's savage tribe of lost and stolen children. Here, Peter's dark past is revealed: left to wolves as an infant, despised, tormented, and hunted, Peter moves between the worlds of faerie and man, struggling to understand what he is and where he belongs. The Child Thief is a leader of bloodthirsty children, a brave friend, and a creature driven to do whatever he must to kill the dreaded Captain and stop his murderous crew of "Flesh-eaters" before they blight every trace of magic left in this dying land. Beautifully illustrated by the author with haunting portraits and indelible images, Brom's The Child Thief is a daring novel of darkest contemporary fantasy that will, at once, haunt and exhilarate any reader who agrees to follow Peter on his desperate crusade.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Child Thief”, de Brom, publicado pela editora Eos, em 2009 e com 496 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Eos
Páginas: 496
Ano: 2009
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 0061671339
ISBN13: 9780061671333
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Eos convidam o leitor a mundos onde a magia, o conflito e o destino se entrelaçam em narrativas que transitam entre o épico e o sombrio. A experiência de leitura costuma ser marcada por personagens que enfrentam dilemas morais profundos, jornadas por territórios fantásticos e ameaças tanto sobrenaturais quanto políticas. O tom varia entre o tenso e o atmosférico, com ritmos que ora aceleram em aventuras de tirar o fôlego, ora desaceleram para explorar intrigas e reviravoltas. O catálogo revela obras que mesclam fantasia clássica, com reinos e magias tradicionais, e fantasia urbana ou contemporânea, com elementos sombrios e anti-heróis.
