The Soul Thieves

The Snow-Walker #3

by Catherine Fisher

The third and final part of The Snow-Walker Sequence. On the eve of Wulfgar's wedding, Gudrun's chilling threat is fulfilled. The people of the Jarlshold are cast into the frightening netherworld of their dreams, and then awake to find themselves faced with a reality even more terrifying

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Childrens

144 pages, Paperback

First published July 13, 1996

About the author

Catherine Fisher was born in Newport, Wales. She graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in English and a fascination for myth and history. She has worked in education and archaeology and as a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Glamorgan. She is a Fellow of the Welsh Academy.

Catherine is an acclaimed poet and novelist, regularly lecturing and giving readings to groups of all ages. She leads sessions for teachers and librarians and is an experienced broadcaster and adjudicator. She lives in Newport, Gwent.

Catherine has won many awards and much critical acclaim for her work. Her poetry has appeared in leading periodicals and anthologies and her volume Immrama won the WAC Young Writers' Prize. She won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in 1990.

Her first novel, The Conjuror's Game, was shortlisted for the Smarties Books prize and The Snow-Walker's Son for the W.H.Smith Award. Equally acclaimed is her quartet The Book of the Crow, a classic of fantasy fiction.

The Oracle, the first volume in the Oracle trilogy, blends Egyptian and Greek elements of magic and adventure and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Books prize. The trilogy was an international bestseller and has appeared in over twenty languages. The Candleman won the Welsh Books Council's Tir Na n'Og Prize and Catherine was also shortlisted for the remarkable Corbenic, a modern re-inventing of the Grail legend.

Her futuristic novel Incarceron was published to widespread praise in 2007, winning the Mythopoeic Society of America's Children's Fiction Award and selected by The Times as its Children's Book of the Year. The sequel, Sapphique, was published in September 2008.

Reviews

[Marta Álvarez]

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[Nicky · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Soul Thieves is another choux pastry book. There's something compelling about how easy these books are to read, but in part that easiness comes from not engaging with it -- I didn't get involved with, say, Wolfgar's feelings for Signi. Kari's struggle with his mother, and people's distrust of him, comes through strongest, but I don't think any of the other characters will stay in my mind.

The whole trilogy wouldn't take long to read... It could make a good palate-cleanser, or something to read when you just want something light and quick.

[Saskia · Rating 2 out of 5]

this was a nostalgia read, tbh. i guess the things we love when we are 12 don't always hold up very well as we age lmao

[Sandra Visser · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fisher brings her trilogy to an exciting close in this satisfying teen novel. Within the restrictions of the genre she expertly uses a few well-chosen words to evoke a vivid sense of place and action, something a few other fantasy authors writing for adults would do well to master. Her characters are well-drawn and the quest structure brings a welcome contrast to the second novel where most of the action happened in one place. Each new danger and setting the heroes encounter is intriguing and entertaining and different while still making sense in this fantasy Viking world and the ending brings the plot to a satisfying close.

[Bettie · Rating 2 out of 5]

C'mon - it's been quite a while since I posted this:

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The sword was of heavy beaten iron, with a narrow groove down the centre of the blade.

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent wrap up to the series. Although you really do need to read all three books to fully appreciate the books.

[Moonyreaders · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bastante entretenido pese a no haber leído los anteriores no se reciente mucho gracias a explicaciones o recuerdos de los mismos personajes