Drowned Wednesday

Drowned Wednesday
Garth Nix

On the third day, there were PIRATES! Arthur Penhaligon finds himself on an adventure that will pit him against pirates, storms, explosions and a vast beast that eats everything it encounters. Will our unwitting hero be able to find the third part of the Will and claim the Third Key?No rest for poor Arthur Penhaligon. As Grim Tuesday ends, he discovers a square of stiff cardboard under his pillow, gilt-edged and inscribed with the following words:LADY WEDNESDAYTrustee of the Architect and Duchess of the Border Seahas great pleasure in invitingARTHUR PENHALIGONto a Particular Luncheonof Seventeen RemovesTransport has been arrangedRSVP not required…It’s an invitation he cannot refuse. From hospital room to the high seas, Arthur finds himself on an adventure that will pit him against pirates, storms, explosions of Nothing-laced gunpowder, and a vast beast that eats everything it encounters. Through it all, he is drawn deeper into the central mystery of the House. Arthur must find the third part of the Will and claim the Third Key – not just for himself, but for the millions (if not trillions) who will suffer if he doesn't.The first step? Surviving life aboard ship on the Border Sea…

DROWNED

WEDNESDAY

To Anna, Thomas and Edward, and toall my friends and family.

CONTENTS

COVER (#uaecf1692-aa1a-5885-8f36-78a5eab7acee)

TITLE PAGE (#u59939471-3fc1-5a07-9b07-75619932b35e)

DEDICATION (#u9a85c8d1-7344-5a12-85ed-dcf9bde3e1eb)

PROLOGUE (#ulink_e3b35811-60b5-5084-b112-1d7f8458d393)

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR (#litres_trial_promo)

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PROLOGUE (#ulink_5a9349d9-e066-5177-aecc-31221d4a7cff)

A three-masted square-rigger with iridescent green sails that shone by day or night, the Flying Mantis was a fast and lucky ship. She sailed the Border Sea of the House, which meant she could also sail any ocean, sea, lake, river or other navigable stretch of liquid on any of the millions of worlds of the Secondary Realms.