Gregor and the Code of Claw
The Underland Chronicles
Everyone in the Underland has been taking great pains to keep The Prophecy of Time from Gregor. Gregor suspected it says something awful but he never imagined just how awful: It calls for the warrior’s death. Now, with an army of rats approaching and his mom and sister still in Regalia, Gregor the warrior must gather up his courage to help defend Regalia and get his family home safely. The entire existence of the Underland is in Gregor’s hands, and time is running out. There is a code to be cracked, a mysterious new princess, Gregor’s burgeoning dark side, and a war to end all wars.
“Perhaps Collins’s greatest achievement in these tales is the effortless introduction of weighty geopolitical ethics into rip-roaring adventure…The resolution is bittersweet but faintly hopeful—a fitting end for an unflinchingly gutsy series whose deftly drawn characters have always lived dangerously.”
–Kirkus Reviews
“Collins delivers more of what’s made this series so compelling: vivid action scenes, detailed military machinations, and nuanced character development. In the end, though the unimaginable doesn’t happen, no one is without physical and emotional scars. Readers, too, will be battle-weary but buoyed by Collins’s ultimate message of hope.”
–The Horn Book Magazine
“Another outstanding, riveting Gregor fantasy.”
–Midwest Book Review