The whispering skull

Lockwood & Co.
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evillaugh Djinni
5 Jul 14 - 22:37
On the 28th of August 2014

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''Ghosts and ghouls beware! London's smallest, shabbiest and most talented psychic detection agency is back.

Life is never exactly peaceful for Lockwood & Co. Lucy and George are trying to solve the mystery of the talking skull trapped in their ghost jar, while Lockwood is desperate for an exciting new case.

Things seem to be looking up when the team is called to Kensal Green Cemetery to investigate the grave of a sinister Victorian doctor. Strange apparitions have been seen there, and the site must be made safe. As usual, Lockwood is confident; as usual, everything goes wrong - a terrible phantom is unleashed, and a dangerous object is stolen from the coffin.

Lockwood & Co must recover the relic before its power is unleashed, but it's a race against time. Their obnoxious rivals from the Fittes agency are also on the hunt. And if that's not bad enough, the skull in the ghost-jar is stirring again.

The author of the blockbuster BARTIMAEUS sequence delivers another humorous and chilling instalment in the critically acclaimed LOCKWOOD & CO. series.''

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10 Jul 14 - 17:39
Yay!


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Didier Utukku
12 Jul 14 - 00:51
Sigh. Maybe I should get around to reading this series :(
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12 Jul 14 - 20:23
Yes. Yes you should.
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13 Jul 14 - 18:58
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15 Jul 14 - 02:41
join ussssssss. There may even be cake.


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15 Jul 14 - 15:45
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Mwamba Higher Spirit
18 Jul 14 - 18:45
If Stroud's plot development that uberthickened in GE from AS is any indication, this sequel is going to going to be exciting
流口水的婊子和猴子的笨儿子。
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evillaugh Djinni
9 Aug 14 - 14:08

New cover.
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Jonah Ghul
10 Aug 14 - 22:50
These covers look neat too. From his blog.
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10 Aug 14 - 23:16
Woooo!

(although I'm confused as to why Lockwood is the only one on the second cover because he's technically not the main character? whatevs)


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Jonah Ghul
11 Aug 14 - 03:42
FuzzyLobster wrote:Woooo!

(although I'm confused as to why Lockwood is the only one on the second cover because he's technically not the main character? whatevs)
Yeah, I know right? I'm wondering what the cover design we're going to get in the US is going to be. I liked the direction they went with the Screaming Staircase anyway, so I have tentative hopes.
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evillaugh Djinni
11 Aug 14 - 07:15
Those new covers are awesome!
The US edition will be fine, as long as they don't do it like the barti covers.
FuzzyLobster wrote:Woooo!

(although I'm confused as to why Lockwood is the only one on the second cover because he's technically not the main character? whatevs)
Well, technically, it's still about Lockwood and his group.
Friends come and friends go, but enemies accumulate
Si sapis, sis apis - If you're wise, be a bee
If you think the grass is greener on the other side, it's because it is fertilized with bullcabbage
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11 Aug 14 - 14:34
Now that I think about it, the skulls on all of the covers make me happy in a weird way because it would seriously bother my printmaking teacher. He (normally a very laid back person) literally had a "do not draw" list of stuff he had seen a thousand times in forty years and "would not put up with anymore" (dragons, castles with lightning bolts, daggers through hearts, skulls, anime, "kitsch," etc.) and someone from the ceramics department actually stamped them into ceramic scrolls as a joke.

Similarly, the photography department banned pictures of cats.


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evillaugh Djinni
11 Aug 14 - 15:40
Hahaha, they've been to tumblr, haven't they?
My art teacher, however was obsessed with anything morbid, skulls, snakes, Dali. He even had snakes as pets.
Friends come and friends go, but enemies accumulate
Si sapis, sis apis - If you're wise, be a bee
If you think the grass is greener on the other side, it's because it is fertilized with bullcabbage

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