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Afterdark: The Dream Snatcher

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Joe Quail was climbing a dream stairway. Below him, magical towers poked through a fading sunset. Above him, the stairs soared and swooped dizzily until they reached the stars.
The Princess of Afterdark was calling him. 'Where are you, Joe?'
'I'm coming,' he said sleepily.
At last Joe found her, on the highest step of all, her wild hair blowing in the night sky. 'Who do you need me to fight this time? Trolls, dragons, evil enchanters?'
'No, Joe, it's your world which is in trouble now. And the danger is much closer than you think--'
But before she could explain, the air filled with horrible sighs. The stairway slowly cracked down the middle. As the half of the stair with the princess on it began to drift away, she cried, 'Wake up, Joe! Wake up, before it's too late!'

Vasco Shine is a threat to every child because he steals their dreams. In the second book of the Afterdark series Joe, Kevin and pale, prickly Flora have to go to the fantastic Kingdom of Afterdark, where nothing and no one is what it seems, to stop him. The three friends travel through paradise islands, magical dream fields and terrifying dangers searching for the Pearl of the Deep, the key to Vasco's wickedness ...

It isn't necessary to have read the first Afterdark book to enjoy this enchanting and imaginative novel. Annie Dalton, writing with her usual grace and flair, manages to pack an amazing amount of action and characterisation into 183 pages and (as can be seen from the above quote, which is the beginning of the book) she plunges the reader straight into the magic and excitement of Afterdark with the story's first sentence.