| Revision as of 09:48, 28 September 2011 editKikka66 (talk | contribs)6 editsNo edit summary← Previous edit | Latest revision as of 13:24, 5 May 2021 edit undoXqbot (talk | contribs)Bots, Template editors2,329,548 editsm Bot: Fixing double redirect to Darren O'ShaughnessyTag: Redirect target changed | ||
| (50 intermediate revisions by 38 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| #REDIRECT ] | |||
| {{Infobox Book | <!-- See ] or ] --> | |||
| | name = Demon Thief | |||
| | title_orig = | |||
| | translator = | |||
| | image = ] | |||
| | image_caption = Demon Thief's UK cover, featuring Artery, slightly warped. | |||
| | author = ] | |||
| | illustrator = | |||
| | cover_artist = ] | |||
| | country = ] | |||
| | language = ] | |||
| | series = ] series | |||
| | genre = ], ] | |||
| | publisher = ] | |||
| | release_date = October 5, 2005 | |||
| | english_release_date = | |||
| | media_type = Print (]) | |||
| | pages = 288 pp (first edition, hardback) | |||
| | isbn = ISBN 0316012378 | |||
| | oclc = 60791412 | |||
| | preceded_by = ] | |||
| | followed_by = ] | |||
| }} | |||
| '''''Demon Thief''''' è un libro della serie '']'' di ]. Sebbene sia il secondo libro della serie, è un prequel di '']'', il primo libro della serie. Anche il protagonista è diverso da quello del primo libro. Il narratore, quì, è un nuovo personaggio chiamato ], opposto a ], il protagonista del primo libro. Demon Thief si svolge circa trent'anni prima di ''Lord Loss'' , quindi la maggior parte dei personaggi del primo libro non compaiono, solo alcuni. E' stato anche in realtà il sesto libro di Demonata, anche se è stato il secondo ad essere rilasciato . | |||
| == Plot outline == | |||
| {{plot|date=August 2011}} | |||
| Questa storia è raccontata attraverso gli occhi di un ragazzo solitario Cornelius "Kernel" Fleck e si svolge in un luogo probabilmente nel Regno Unito o in Irlanda durante gli anni '70. Kernel è sempre stato diverso - vede strane macchie di luce nell'aria attorno a sé. Gli altri ragazzi e i suoi genitori pensano che sia pazzo e come risultato non ha amici. Ma quando decide di collegare alcune delle luci l'una all'altra, crea una finestra in un altro universo. Dopo aver visto un demone rosso - Lord Loss, anche se Kernel non lo conosce - attraversa e poi torna indietro nella finestra, Kernel decide rapidamento di seguire il demone nell'altro universo. Kernel quindi scompare per diversi giorni. Quando ritorna porta con sé un bambino chiamato Art. Kernel non ha alcun ricordo di quello che sia successo durante quei sette giorni in cui è scomparso e di come abbia avuto Art. All'inizio Kernel racconta ai suoi genitori quello che ricorda fino al momento in cui andò nella luce ma nessuno dei suoi genitori gli crede, pensaso che Kernel stia mentendo o sia sotto shock. La madre di Kernel si affeziona molto ad Art e vuole tenerlo perché pensa che così facendo possano avere una seconda occasione di avere un altro figlio. Quando Kernel aveva quattro anni, la sua sorellina, Annabella, morì quando era ancora piccola, ma il padre di Kernel vuole portare Art alla polizia. Dopo aver deciso di tenere Art, i genitori di Kernel decidono che la famiglia dovrebbe lasciare la città perché la gente sa che Kernel è il loro unico figlio e che la madre di Kernel non era incinta quando hanno avuto Art. Qualche giorno dopo si trasferiscono nel sonnacchioso paese di Paskinston. Paskinton è lontano miglia da altre città , le interruzioni di corrente sono comuni, la ricezione della televizione e della radio è scarsa, e le macchine sono vecchie. Ma in generale è il tipo di luogo che ci si aspetterebbe sia abitato da anziani ma sorprendentemente è abitato da genitori giovani e bambini. Per l'esattezza ci sono 37 famiglie e sei persone single che sono in termini di amicizia l'un con l'altro. | |||
| Un anno dopo, Kernel si sistema nella sua nuova casa. I bambini sono più simpatici, non c'è criminalità o inquinamento, e i suoi genitori non sono mai stati più felici. Ma Kernel si sente ancora un'emarginato. Per andare a scuola (che è solo una stalla riconvertita) deve passare davanti alla casa della strega, Mrs. Egin. Anche se Kernel non crede che sia davvero una strega, molti al paese la chiamano così perché è anti-sociale e non si comporta come gli altri abitanti del paese. Un giorno, mentre Kernel sta camminando davanti casa sua per portare Art all'asilo (un'altra stalla riconvertita) la strega arriva e inizia a inveire e urlare a Kernel dicendogli che lui la vedrà morire. Dice anche che se lo racconta a qualcuno, verrà nella sua camera di notte e gli taglierà la gola. Alcuni giorni dopo quando è fuori con la sua classe, Mrs. Egine arriva e convoca un demone, per ucciderla nel processo. Il demone - Cadaver - massacra molti dei compagni di classe di Kernel e la sua insegnante, comunque, si ferma quando quattro umani passano attraverso la "finestra" che il demone stesso ha attraversato. Usando la magia, gli umani iniziano ad obbligare Cadaver a ritornare attraverso la finestra, nel suo universo. Comunque, Cadaver prende Art con sé prima di ritornare nell'universo demoniaco. | |||
| I quattro maghi tornano indietro attraverso la finestra, con l'intenzione di rintracciare Cadaver, e Kernel, volendo trovare Art, li segue. Si ritrova in un universo impossibile, con foreste di alberi ululanti e tortuosi. Kernel scopre anche di avere la capacità di stare sopra l'acqua in questo universo. Parte per trovare Art, ma dopo qualche ora è da nessuna parte. Alla fine nota alcune delle strane macchie di luce che solo lui vede dirigersi verso una radura. Seguendole, trova i quattro maghi, con il loro capo che mormora la preghiera che raduna le luci. Dopo voler inizialmente rimandare Kernel nel suo mondo, gli umani – chiamati Sharmila, Raz, Nadia, e Beranabus, il capo – permettono a Kernel di restare mentre si rendono conto che lui ha un potenziale magico. Si presentano come i Discepoli – cacciatori del demone – e dopo una rapida discussione sulla Demonata (durante la quale Nadia rivela di avere il potere di vedere il futuro, che viene dagli anni ’30, Beranabus ha almeno 100 anni, e che lei lo odia) e sul Kah-Gash, un’arma mitica con il potere di distruggere gli universi in molti pezzi come anni fa, , Beranabus apre una finestra verso un’altra parte dell’universo di Demonata, e l’attraversano. | |||
| Non si fermano per molto nel mondo successivo. After a quick magical search for Cadaver, Beranabus concludes he did not stay in that world long. They open another window and step onto "a giant, needle-shaped chunk of rock." which Beranabus had visited before sometime. After noticing that the window they stepped through has closed, and that there are thousands of spider-like creatures - the Kallin - climbing up the needle toward them, Beranabus concludes that Cadaver had set a trap for them, and sets about opening another window. While he is busy, Kernel, Sharmila, Raz and Nadia start defending themselves from the Kallin. In the midst of the battle, Kernel finally realizes the truth - that the lights only he can see are what make up the windows into other universes. Quickly nudging Beranabus aside, Kernel finishes the window, and they step forward into yet another dimension. | |||
| They quickly get into the battle again, fighting a multitude of snake-like demons. Kernel closes the window behind them and quickly makes a different one, this time to Earth. He and Nadia are able to make it through, but Raz is killed and Sharmila and Beranabus are left in the Demonata universe, still fighting the demons. After having an argument about whether to go back or not, Nadia deserts Kernel on the busy Earth street they came out onto. Kernel realizes that the lights work differently in the normal universes, after failing to make a window to both his brother Art and Beranabus, Kernel resigns himself to the fact he can't get back. However, he follows some more yellow lights to an over-18 punk concert. He fails to get in through the front door, but after waiting beside the back door for a while, he meets two more Disciples, an army guy named Shark and a very young Dervish Grady. They inform Kernel that somebody is summoning a demon, and that the attack could happen any minute. The demon comes through the window and attacks some of the concert-goers, but Shark, Dervish and Kernel manage to drive it back through. Shark and Dervish then decide to help Kernel find his brother, and they go through the portal. | |||
| After coming out on top of some clouds, Kernel quickly opens another window and they step through to find Beranabus and Sharmila, burying Raz. Beranabus is furious at Nadia's desertion, and quickly steps through another window to find her. Nadia is also furious at being dragged back, but Kernel dismantles the window. She reluctantly agrees to stay with Beranabus until he finds a piece of the Kah-Gash (the mythical demonic weapon) but she swears that he will never be able to trust her, and that she would quite gladly kill him if she got the chance. | |||
| Kernel wishes to start looking for Art immediately, but Beranabus forces him to make a deal; Kernel helps Beranabus find one piece of the Kah-Gash, then Beranabus helps Kernel find Art. An eye for an eye. They make the deal, and Kernel tries to open a window to the Kah-Gash, but finds he is unable to do so. Thinking perhaps Cadaver will know a way to find it, Beranabus agrees to search for Cadaver and Art. | |||
| They find themselves in an even worse hell; there are standing near a huge castle of webs, with a moat surrounding. Beranabus identifies it as the home of Lord Loss. The hell-child Artery, who was standing near them when they arrived, quickly runs off toward the castle. Beranabus tells them that will not be able to defeat Lord Loss - not on his own territory - but they might be able to bargain with him. However, they have no time to make a plan as they are then quickly dragged into another fight with the demons from the castle. | |||
| Beranabus, Shark, Dervish, Nadia, Sharmila, and Kernel manage to fight their way through the demons towards the castle. They realize they will have to jump over the moat and onto the castle walls - however, the water below is filled with shark-like demons, so if they miss or fall they will be ripped apart. Just as they are preparing to jump, Kernel experiences a feeling of déjà vu, as if he had seen the place before, but he shakes it off and jumps. He, Beranabus, Shark, Nadia, and Dervish make it across the moat, but Sharmila falls toward the sharks. At the last moment, she is saved by Beranabus, who explains he can fly in some worlds - it varies. Then, as they wait on the wall, the castle's drawbridge opens and Kernel's brother Art comes out, followed by the demon thief Cadaver and Lord Loss himself. Kernel recognises Lord Loss from the night he opened the window for the first time, and Lord Loss, in turn, recognises both Kernel and Beranabus. Lord Loss torments Kernel with the fact that in the real world, it had been five or six years since Cadaver had stolen Art - as Beranabus had previously explained, time works differently in the Demonata universe. | |||
| Inside, Dervish gets a shock when he sees chessboards littering the castle, as he now recognises Lord Loss for what he is. Lord Loss tells that he already knew Dervish was a Grady by the stench of his family. | |||
| In another room, the parties begin the discussions - Beranabus says that they want Cadaver for questioning, but Lord Loss says he will not give Cadaver up for free - he wants a life for a life. He chooses Nadia, and Beranabus agrees to sell her out. Lord Loss then quickly kills her and hands Cadaver over to Beranabus. As he's leaving, Kernel decides to stay behind and try to save Art; Dervish and Shark also decide to stay. Lord Loss presents them with a challenge: he has the Board, | |||
| the very first chessboard, given to humans by beings that came from the stars. He tells them he will separate their souls from their bodies, and put them inside the Board; inside, they will have 3 chances to find and name the demon thief, or they will trapped forever. Agreeing to this, Dervish, Kernel and Shark are placed inside the Board. | |||
| Kernel lands in complete darkness, and after originally thinking he had gone blind, realizes that he must have landed on one of the black squares of the chessboard, and he'll be able to see if he finds a white square. He manages to make some light for himself, and comes across a child-like figure, eating webs next to a river of lava; after originally thinking it is Art, he realizes it is Artery, the hell-child. When Artery runs away a demon comes behind Kernel and pushes him into the lava. Thinking that all is lost a woman comes to help him. She tells Kernel to heal himself. Kernel sees that the woman is Nadia. She tells him that she hated Beranabus and this was her last act of kindness. | |||
| After searching the board, Kernel finds both Dervish and Shark. He then uses the marbles to find Cadaver, who he believes is the thief. As he chases Cadaver down, he again sees the demon child. Finally catching Cadaver, he names him as a thief, which Lord Loss says is incorrect. Kernel then realizes that Cadaver was just a puppet and thinks that the real thief was Lord Loss, however that is also incorrect. With one chance left, Kernel again sees the demon child. Realizing that it's a clue, he finally knows who the real thief is: himself. When Kernel, Dervish, and Shark are released from the board, Lord Loss tells the group who that the demon child is named Artery, and that it is one of his favorite familiars. When Kernel stepped through the portal at the beginning of the book, he was very lonely. He found Artery outside the castle, caught him, transformed him to look like a regular child, and shortened the name to Art. Since transformation magic was highly complex, Lord Loss decided to find out more about Kernel. Kernel's parents, who had lost a daughter when Kernel was four, decided to keep Art even though they knew he wasn't theirs. They moved to the village so that the people who lived in the city and were familiar with the family wouldn't find out about Art. Sharmila then asks if Kernel wants Art back. Lord Loss is willing to give Kernel Artery, who can easily be transformed back into a human, however warns them that Art will always be a demon on the inside and while he will never attack Kernel, he is certain to hurt others. | |||
| Kernel, heartbroken, decides to leave Artery and go home. However, upon arriving home, things are even worse. Seven years have passed since his departure and his parents have gotten used to the loss of their children. Kernel realizes that they will never truly accept him back, so he travels back to Beranabus. Kernel shows Beranbus how, when concentrating on making portals to anything that's with them, the lights don't pulse. When concentrating on the promised piece of the weapon, the lights don't pulse, and Kernel concludes that the piece of the Kah Gash must be him. | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * | |||
| * | |||
| * | |||
| {{demonata}} | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:24, 5 May 2021
Redirect to: