Tinder
By: Sally Gardner ; drawings by David Roberts
Contributors: Roberts, David, 1970- illustrator
Publisher: Indigo; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781780621494; 9781780621500
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Fiction; Soldiers; Juvenile fiction; Fairy tales; Fantasy
Description: Otto Hundebiss is tired of war, but when he defies Death he walks a dangerous path. A half beast half man gives him shoes and dice which will lead him deep into a web of dark magic and mystery. He meets the beautiful Safire - pure of heart and spirit, the scheming Mistress Jabber and the terrifying Lady of the Nail. He learns the powers of the tinderbox and the wolves whose master he becomes. But will all the riches in the world bring him the thing he most desires? This novel is inspired by the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, The tinderbox.
Notes: Also available as an ebook.