RORY HOBBLE
RORY HOBBLE
AND THE VOYAGE TO HALIGOGEN
'This story is full of adventure and heart! A real page turner!'
- Dani Harmer
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'Warm, funny, pacy, endlessly inventive and life-affirming; there are lots of young readers who will identify with Rory'
- Chris Beckett, Arthur C. Clarke-Award winner
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'A boy-and-social-worker space-travelling duo... What's not to love?! A truly unique sci-fi adventure, which does not shy away from the difficult realities being faced by some children here on Earth'
- Onjali Q. Rauf, winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2019 and Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2019
The Troy of myth was a real city. This is its story…
Hektor’s life of privilege is forever changed when a man, allegedly possessed by the sun god, inspires revolution among the oppressed people of Wilusa.
For Hektor, son of the city’s despotic ruler, social equality contradicts every principle he has been taught. And his obsession with duty is alienating him from his own young son, Hapi, with whom he has a fractured relationship. But when Hapi’s life is threatened, Hektor is compelled to question his every belief as he rebuilds his relationship with his child through the breaking of a foal.
As Wilusa collapses into political violence and the commoners rise up, Hektor must finally decide whether to defend the people and lose his identity, or remain loyal to his irrational, dangerous father.
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