Lady Friday (Keys to the Kingdom, Book 5)

<p>four Of The Seven Trustees Have Been Defeated And Their Keys Taken, But For Arthur, The Week Is Still Getting Worse. Suzy Blue And Fred Gold Numbers Have Been Captured By The Piper, And His New Nithling Army Still Controls Most Of The Great Maze. Superior Saturday Is Causing Trouble Wherever She Can, Including Turning Off All The Elevators In The House And Blocking The Front Door. <p>amidst All This Trouble, Arthur Must Weigh An Offer From Lady Friday That Is Either A Cunning Trap For The Rightful Heir Or A Golden Opportunity He Must Seize--before He's Beaten To It! <p> <p></p><h3>voya</h3><p>young Arthur Penhaligon Has Bested Four Of The Renegade Trustees Of The Will Left By The Great Architect, The Missing Creator Of Both The House And The Secondary Universes That Are Dependent On The House. Now, Though, In This Fifth Installment Of The Wonderful And Extremely Complex Keys To The Kingdom Series, He Must Defeat Both The Wicked Lady Friday And The Mysterious Piper If He Is To Have Any Hope Of Gaining His Due As Rightful Heir. Lady Friday, The Fifth Trustee, Claims That She Is Prepared To Abdicate And Insists That She Has Left Her Segment Of The Will Up For Grabs. As Arthur, Aided By His Friends Suzy And Fred, Journeys Through The Dangerous Middle House In An Attempt To Beat The Piper And Also Superior Saturday To The Fifth Part Of The Will, He Must Deal With Both Lady Friday's Treachery And A Variety Of Dangerous Denizens Of The House. Meanwhile His Friend Leaf, Having Been Captured By Lady Friday, Must Defeat Her Plan To Experience The Memories Of Thousands Of Human Beings, Stolen From The Current World, Leaving Them As Little More Than Empty Husks. Although Nix's Latest Volume Might Not Stand Well On Its Own, It Continues The Enormous Inventiveness That Has Been The Hallmark Of The Series. Eccentric Characters, Wonderfully Literalized Metaphors, And Difficult Moral Decisions Abound Here, And The Book Should Further Delight Nix's Many Fans.</p>