Tersias

Tersias: The Oracle

First edition
Author	G. P. Taylor
Language	English
Series	Shadowmancer
Genre	Fantasy novel, children's literature
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Publication date	2005
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
ISBN	0-571-22046-0
OCLC	52057785
LC Class	PZ7.T2134 Sh 2003
Preceded by	Wormwood
Followed by	The Shadowmancer Returns: The Curse of Salamander Street

Tersias is the second sequel to the fantasy novel Shadowmancer by G. P. Taylor and direct sequel to Wormwood . Tersias was followed in 2006 by The Shadowmancer Returns: The Curse of Salamander Street . Tersias has had two releases, one for the original copy and a second for a special edition version.

A short review in The Observer newspaper called the book a "vivid tale of sorcery and violence". ^[1]

Plot summary

The story starts off after Wormwood was destroyed and was sent to the dark side of the moon. Just as London was starting to recover from the disaster, Malachi, a magician, kept a blind boy named Tersias, who was the one that predicted the coming of the comet because he was an oracle. After some time, people began to know about the helpless child's "abilities". Many people wanted to use Tersias's powers for themselves: Malachi, himself; Jonah, a teenage highwayman and his partner, Tara; Solomon, a zealot, who plans on using his experiments (flesh-eating locusts) and Lord Malphas, a keeper of mysterious powers.

References

1. Goodman, Teresa; Kellaway, Kate (18 September 2005). "There's nowt so queer as Suffolk". The Observer . Retrieved 4 November 2024.

• Children's literature portal