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''On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness'' is a fantasy novel published in 2008, written by Andrew Peterson. It is the first book in
The Wingfeather Saga The Wingfeather Saga is a series of four fantasy novels, plus a bestiary-like "Creaturepedia", a multi-author collection of side-stories titled ''The Wingfeather Tales,'' and a guidebook titled ''A Ranger’s Guide to Glipwood Forest'' written ...
series, and is followed by '' North! Or Be Eaten'', ''The Monster in the Hollows'', and ''The Warden and the Wolf King''.


About

''On The Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness'' is about three siblings, Janner, Tink and Leeli Igiby; their mother, Nia Igiby; their ex-pirate grandfather, Podo Helmer; and the Fangs of Dang. The Fangs are lizard-like conquerors of the land of Skree whose lives' purpose seems to be to keep all the humans in the land of Skree miserable and unable to fight back, and who serve a mysterious person called Gnag the Nameless. Later, Gnag the Nameless wants the Jewels of Anneria, and he thinks the Igibys are in possession of the Jewels. The first edition book contains two maps, several illustrations, and appendices, including poems and some of the Fangs' bureaucratic forms, all by Peterson. The fifty-one chapter book has three short prologues describing the different countries as well as an anecdote about how the world got its name. The author uses humorous footnotes as an aid to his storytelling throughout.


Awards

''On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness'' won The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA)/Dickinson Press Book Cover Award recognizing excellence in book cover design in the category of ''Best Cover from a Mid-level Publisher'' for 2008. On March 21, during the Christian Book Expo in Dallas, Texas, ''On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness'' was announced as a nominee for the 2009
Christy Award The Christy Awards, established in 1999, are awarded each year to recognize fiction of excellence written from a Christian perspective with matters of faith at its core. Awards are given in several genres, including contemporary (stand-alone novel ...
in the Young Adult category. It lost to ''I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires'' by Cathy Gohlke (Moody Publishers). The Christy Award recognizes novelists and novels of excellence in several genres of Christian fiction.Christy Award Nominees 2009
Retrieved 03-30-2009.


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