Oath Breaker: Book 5 (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness) - Softcover

Born in Malawi to a Belgian mother and a father who ran the tiny 'Nyasaland Times', Michelle Paver moved to the UK when she was three. She was brought up in Wimbledon and, following a Biochemistry Degree from Oxford, she became a partner in a big City law firm. She gave up the City to follow her long-held dream of becoming a writer. Successfully published as an adult author, the CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS are her first - brilliant - books for children.

Michelle Paver's consistently splendid Chronicles of Ancient Darkness is an example of how gripping and life-enhancing the (children's book) genre can be. -- Amanda Craig THE TIMES Another triumph for Paver, a former London lawyer who has meticulously researched natural and ancient history to create this enthralling saga of the clansmen who hunted the forests of northern Europe 6000 years ago. It outclasses Call of the Wild and The Jungle Book in the pace of its plot, its sympathetically imagined characters, and it's details of doings. -- Christina Hardyment THE INDEPENDENT Fiction for children really doesn't get much better than this BOOKBAG.COM Oath Breaker will keep you on the edge of your seat RED HOUSE Paver brings to life a world of 6,000 years ago, with fascinating descriptions of the food, the weapons and medicines forest dwellers might have used PRESS ASSOCIATION very gripping...and the descriptions of the forest are very vivid. I rate Oath Breaker 9/10 for its powerful descriptions and emotions -- William Warren (aged 11) UNDERCOVER Vividly imagined BOOKS FOR KEEPS Series such as Michelle Paver's superb Chronicles of Ancient Darkness have kept up the highest standard of writing, tension and developing characters for 11+ readers. In Oath Breaker Torak, Renn and their beloved Wolf are up against the last of the evil Soul-Eaters in a darkening series that combines meticulous research into Stone Age life with first rate story telling. -- Amanda Craig THE TIMES