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The Black Reckoning by John Stephens

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Also by John Stephens:

The Age of Fury, October 2026
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The Black Reckoning, April 2015
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THE BLACK RECKONING
By: John Stephens

Knopf Books for Young Readers
April 2015
On Sale: April 7, 2015
432 pages
ISBN: 0375868720
EAN: 9780375868726
Hardcover
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The final book in the bestselling Books of Beginning trilogy that began with The Emerald Atlas, which the New York Times called Ò€œa new Narnia for the tween set.Ò€

The adventures of siblings Kate, Michael, and Emma come to a stunning conclusion when they must find the last Book of BeginningÒ€”the Book of DeathÒ€”before the Dire Magnus does, for when all three books are united, their combined power will be unstoppable.

Soon Emma is on a journey to places both worldly and otherworldly, confronting terrifying monsters and ghosts, and what is darkest within herself. As the fabric of time begins to fray, she becomes the final piece of an extraordinary puzzle. Only if she can master the powers of this most dangerous book will she, Kate, and Michael be able to save the world from the dramatic, deadly final confrontation between magical and ordinary people that the Dire Magnus has in store.