by Catherine Fisher · Pocket Jeunesse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266168632
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«L’Oracle» is the young adult fantasy novel by Catherine Fisher, published by Pocket Jeunesse in paperback (381 pages, in French).
In a mythical antiquity, drought ravages the land and only the sacrifice of the Archon, god on earth, can bring rain. When the old man dies without anything changing, Mirany, a young woman in service to the oracle, is tasked with finding his true successor. The search drags her into a conspiracy that could decide the city’s fate.
First instalment of the The Oracle Prophecies saga; French translation by Frédérique Fraisse of the English original The Oracle Betrayed.
Aimed at readers aged 9 to 12, with an interest in mythological fantasy, oracles and conspiracy plots.
Catherine Fisher is a poet and novelist for children and Young Adults. Best known for her internationally bestselling novel Incarceron and its sequel, Sapphique, she has published over 40 novels and 5 volumes of poetry. She has worked as an archaeologist, and as a school and university teacher, is an experienced broadcaster and adjudicator and has taught at the Arvon Foundation and Ty Newydd Writers' Centres. She lives in Wales, UK.
