waif Amberfuce has betrayed Vox as well, leaving him to die in the Palace of Statues. The book ends with Vox trapped in the Palace of Statues with Hesteria Spikesap, realising the extent of Amberfuce's betrayal just as Spikesap kills him by force-feeding him Oblivion. Hesteria reveals she has an unhealthy love for her master, and cradles his dead body as the Palace begins to collapse. Reception The Booksellers Wendy Cooling stated that the novel was just as thrilling as the first novel in The Edge Chronicles series. She added that "[p]owerful imaginations and creative minds have invented this world and filled it with extraordinary characters". Marya Jansen-Gruber from Through The Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews felt that it was an engrossing story, commenting that she could not "help marveling at the way in which Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell together have created a world so full of both darkness and light." Several reviewers liked the novels' illustrations, with Maggie Elliott writing in Library Media Collection that the "detailed illustrations of the creatures add to the enjoyment of the book." References External links Library holdings of Vox 2003 British novels 2003 children's books 2003 fantasy novels Children's fantasy novels British children's novels The Edge Chronicles Doubleday (publisher) books