Patrick Marcel Boeken

National Bestseller and selected as one of NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time, this dark classic of modern fantasy is beautifully illustrated for the first time by award-winning artist Chris Riddell. Featuring the author’s preferred text and the Neverwhere tale, “How the Marquis Got His Coat Back,” this edition brings Neil Gaiman’s first novel, originally published in 1997, to life with striking black-and-white line art. Richard Mayhew, a kind-hearted young London businessman, finds his life irrevocably changed when he helps a bleeding girl, leading him into a hidden world beneath London. This realm, known as Neverwhere, is filled with shadows, darkness, and a mix of monsters and saints. Here, he encounters Door, the girl he rescued, who is a powerful noblewoman determined to avenge her family’s slaughter and save her kingdom from destruction. To return to his old life, Richard must join Door on her perilous quest, facing unimaginable dangers and the possibility of death in this surreal underworld. This edition captures the essence of Gaiman's imaginative storytelling, enhanced by Riddell’s atmospheric illustrations.

This is the story of Jekub, the Dragon in the Hill with great big teeth and a great loud voice. (Well, that’s according to the nomes, but they are only four inches tall.) When humans threaten their new home in the quarry, the natural thing would be to run and hide. But the nomes have got the wild idea that they should fight back. After all, everyone knows that nomes are faster and smarter than humans, and now they have a secret weapon . . . The fantastically funny second book of the nomes, from the author of the bestselling Discworld series.