{"id":115,"date":"2008-03-19T08:43:44","date_gmt":"2008-03-19T14:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=115"},"modified":"2008-03-19T08:43:44","modified_gmt":"2008-03-19T14:43:44","slug":"on-the-edge-of-the-dark-sea-of-darkness-by-andrew-peterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=115","title":{"rendered":"On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><font size=\"4\">This week, the<\/font><br \/>\n<\/center><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianfictionblogalliance.com\/\"><font size=\"3\">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/font><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><center><font size=\"3\">is introducing<\/font><br \/>\n<\/center><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1400073847\" title=\"ON THE EDGE OF THE DARK SEA OF DARKNESS\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><font color=\"#993300\" size=\"4\"><strong>On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness<\/strong><\/font><br \/>\n<\/center><center><strong>WaterBrook Press (March 18, 2008)<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/center><center><strong>by<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/center><center><font color=\"#006600\" size=\"4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrew-peterson.com\/\"><strong>Andrew Peterson<\/strong><\/a><\/font><br \/>\n<\/center><br style=\"color: #993366\" \/><strong style=\"color: #993366\"><font size=\"3\">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/font> <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/R9szsDPRp-I\/AAAAAAAAAlc\/oUHuQMMNaVI\/s1600-h\/Andrew+Peterson\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/R9szsDPRp-I\/AAAAAAAAAlc\/oUHuQMMNaVI\/s400\/Andrew+Peterson\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177789028469155810\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Author\/Singer\/Songwriter Andrew Peterson, a 2005 Audie Award finalist for his readings of Ray Blackston\u2019s Flabbergasted trilogy, wrote and produced the popular Christmas play and musical Behold the Lamb of God: The True Tale of the Coming of the Christ, and the album by the same name, which received the 2004 Best Album of the Year, World Christian Music\u2019s Editors Choice Award. Andrew\u2019s received critical acclaim for his seven albums and is at work on an eighth. He lives with his wife Jamie and their three young children near Nashville, Tennessee, where he reads storybooks aloud to his family each evening.Artist Justin Gerard has illustrated several children\u2019s books, including The Lightlings storybooks for young readers by R.C. Sproul. He lives in Greenville, South Carolina, and works as the chief creative officer for Portland Studios.<br \/>\n<font style=\"color: #993366\" color=\"#ffcc00\" size=\"3\"><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/font><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/R-CBl2cr7cI\/AAAAAAAABU0\/VhsYHQFCx5s\/s1600-h\/Dark%2BSea%2Bof%2BDarkness.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/R-CBl2cr7cI\/AAAAAAAABU0\/VhsYHQFCx5s\/s400\/Dark%2BSea%2Bof%2BDarkness.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179282058747047362\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and their trusty dog Nugget. Janner Igiby, his brother Tink, their crippled sister Leeli are gifted children as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather. But they will need all their gifts and all that love to survive the evil pursuit of the venomous Fangs of Dang who have crossed the dark sea to rule the land with malice and pursue the Igibys who hold the secret to the lost legend and jewels of good King Wingfeather of the Shining Isle of Anniera.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Peterson spins a quirky and riveting tale of the Igibys\u2019 extraordinary journey from Glipwood\u2019s Dragon Day Festival and a secret hidden in the Books and Crannies Bookstore, past the terrifying Black Carriage, clutches of the horned hounds and loathsome toothy cows surrounding AnkleJelly Manor, through the Glipwood Forest and mysterious treehouse of Peet the Sock Man (known for a little softshoe and wearing tattered socks on his hands and arms), to the very edge of the Ice Prairies.<\/p>\n<p>Full of characters rich in heart, smarts, and courage, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1400073847\"><strong>On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness<\/strong><\/a> presents a world of wonder and a tale children of all ages will cherish, families can read aloud, and readers\u2019 groups are sure to discuss for its layers of meaning about life\u2019s true treasure and tangle of the beautiful and horrible, temporal and eternal, and good and bad.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> \u201cSo good\u2013smart, funny, as full of ideas as action.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013<strong>Jonathan Rogers<\/strong>, author of <em>The Wilderking Trilogy<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> \u201cA wildly imaginative, wonderfully irreverent epic that shines with wit and wisdom\u2013and features excellent instructions on how to cope with Thwaps, Fangs, and the occasional Toothy Cow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<strong>Allan Heinberg<\/strong>, writer\/co-executive producer of ABC\u2019s Grey&#8217;s Anatomy, and co-creator of <em>Marvel Comics Young Avengers<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> \u201cTotally fun! Andrew Peterson, a natural storyteller in the oral tradition, has nailed the voice needed to translate a rip-roaring fantasy tale to the written page.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<strong>Donita K. Paul<\/strong>, author of <em>DragonSpell, DragonKnight, DragonQuest, and DragonFire<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1400073847\" title=\"ON THE EDGE OF THE DARK SEA OF DARKNESS\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to purchase your own copy of the book.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness WaterBrook Press (March 18, 2008) by Andrew Peterson ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Author\/Singer\/Songwriter Andrew Peterson, a 2005 Audie Award finalist for his readings of Ray Blackston\u2019s Flabbergasted trilogy, wrote and produced the popular Christmas play and musical Behold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}