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3.8/5 Pan Macmillan Series None Originally published 7 October 2005 Cover artist Brett Helquist | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 7 October 2005 Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Fantasy, Adventure, Fiction Publisher UK: Macmillan
US: HarperCollins Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Genres Fantasy, Children's literature Nominations Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Locus Award for Best First Novel Similar Frances Hardinge books, Children's literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fly by Night is a children's fantasy novel by Frances Hardinge, published on 7 October 2005 by Macmillan Publishers in the UK and on April 25, 2006 by HarperCollins in the US, and aimed at teens. Fly by Night won the Branford Boase Award in 2006, and was listed in the School Library Journal's Best Books of 2006.
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Guilds- The Realm is held together by the Guilds, every tradesman from watch makers to playing card makers to millers belong to the guilds who keep the Realm running and the monarchy from reestablishing itself.
Stationers Guild-originally makers of stationery, after the Birdcatcher wars they were given power over all printed material. They control all printing presses and everything from handbills to news sheets to books must be approved by the Guild who affix their seal to it, anything without the Stationers seal is deemed illegal and destroyed.
Locksmiths Guild- once they only made locks and strongboxes but later moved into providing protection for people and even cities. A Locksmith will always wears gloves as the outline of a key is branded on his right palm. The head of each cell wears chatelaine at his waist which match the brands of all the men that answer to him.
Watermens Guild- control all movement along the river
Birdcatchers- a radical religious movement that came to power after the fall of the monarchy. They plunged the Realm into a ten-year war against those They considered heretical which cost the lives of tens of thousands. They were believed to be killed, but actually they went into hiding, and eventually started a plot against the Realm.