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When a powerful quake rattles the twisted city of Degringolade, it halts the town’s legendary Kronometer and stirs the notorious Phenomenals. Legend says the city must keep its ancient clock ticking or face dire fate. Strange behaviors among the tar-pits signal that beneath Degringolade something ancient has awakened—and it is hungry.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Fantasy
Authors: F. E. Higgins
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