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| Author | Ian Irvine |
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| Cover artist | Ian Irvine |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Series | Runcible Jones Quintet |
| Genre(s) | Young adult novels |
| Publisher | Puffin Books Australia |
| Publication date | January 2006 |
| Media type | print (paperback) |
| Followed by | Runcible Jones: The Buried City |
Runcible Jones: The Gate to Nowhere is the first novel of the Runcible Jones Quintet featuring the magical adventures of Runcible Jones and his fey friend Mariam Orpiment, written by the author Ian Irvine.
Plot summary
The Gate to Nowhere tells the story of twelve-year-old Runcible Jones, whose father died during an explosion while writing a book about magic and whose mother is in prison for possessing a book about magic. Runcible befriends Mariam whilst at school and they are accidentally transported to a magical land called Iltior. They are rescued by an old witch, named Pasrsifoe, but they soon fall into the hands of Thandimanilon who runs a school for teaching magic to children and who wishes to use them as soldiers for an unspecified purpose. When Runcible fails to show any signs of magic power, Thandimanilon ejects him into an inhospitable forest where he meets a troubled young magician called Sleeth. Using Sleeth’s assistance Runcible rescues Mariam. Joining with a young girl called Tigris, Runcible and Mariam escape only to be pursued by a gallery of wizards and warlocks. Along the way, Sleeth hints that someone in Iltior might have killed Runcible's father.
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