The Last of the Sky Pirates

(For the whole series): I blasted through all of these the first time I read them. Stewart and Riddell created an amazing world, where rocks float and there are a bunch of different humanoid beings running around, each with their own outlook on life and way of living. You can read them in published order or reorganize them into internal chronological order, as some of the characters turn out to be the grandparents of other characters. Either way, a good rollicking read with characters you might actually care about. The pen-and-ink illustrations top it off – interesting, complex, and perfect for the story.

In Last of the Sky Pirates we first get introduced to Rook Barkwater, who much like Twig, was orphaned and raised by a surrogate family, and felt destined for a life he was sure he would never reach. But that didn't stop him from sneaking off to read as many bark scrolls as he could, to learn as much as possible about the world that had been.

Captain Twig is now a legend--sailed off one day never to return. The sky rocks are sick, Sanctaphrax is less than a Shadow if its old self, and those scholars that hold themselves True are living in hiding in the sewers.

Every so often they send out a new group of Librarian Knight Academics, to travel to the Deepwoods, and learn the tricks of sky flight. Once achieved, treatise missions are show more undertaken, in order to keep the knowledge flowing. And a Librarian Kinight Academic is what Rook has always longed to be. But being a nobody like he is, he's sure he's destined only to an apprenticeship. It's much to his surprise that he ends up chosed, over his best friend Felix, to be one of the three to go.

Unfortunately for the trio, the Guardians of Night are sending a spy to follow their mission, and therefore the next groups sent after them will have no hope of making it, as the enemies along the way will be waiting for them. Still, Rook and his crew do make it though, despite the mishaps.

From meeting an old Sky Pirate, to almost being inhaled by a bark worm, carving his own sky craft, and learning more than he could ever hope to about the great Banderbears, Rook's journey takes him far and wide. And ends in such a way as not even he could have hoped for or guessed.

This might be one of the most enjoyable tales in the Chronicles to date. show less

They Do It again! Just as I was starting to like Quint and forget about Twig They swich to a new main charector ,Rook,(twigs Grandson) In these the times after old Santaphrax,the city of scholors, was destroyed and the New santaphrax in sinking into the ground two groups of scholors war over the fate of thier fair city. Rook becomes one of the few choosen scholers to travle to the freeglades and become a Sky knight.

Good book

a great book to be loved by all brilliant start to the rook barkwater sereis must by asap

Book 5 of the mesmerizing series The Edge Chronicles. Please read my review here, as my review covers the entire series as a whole:
https://www.librarything.com/work/173650/reviews/228030778