Origins
Dreadful events are about to strike Fourth World...
In the secret community where, through genetic experiments, animals can talk and children can carry animal genes, an unimaginable alien presence makes its appearance. Vividly described by Christie in his diary, this creature raises terrifying questions. Is it a threat to all civilized life? Can it be destroyed or contained...?
Alternating with the diary is the extraordinary story of Nessa and Farral. Will their dangerous journey heal the rift that exists between their two communities?
In the final exciting novel of The Missing Link trilogy, Kate Thompson, twice winner of the Irish Children's Book of the Year, Bisto Ward raises startling and relevant questions for the twenty-first century.
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Kate Thompson
Kate Thompson (born 1956) is an award-winning writer for children and adults. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, she has lived in Ireland, where many of her books are set, since 1981. While Kate Thompson's children's fiction is primarily fantasy, several of her books also deal with the consequences of genetic engineering.
She has won the Bisto Children's Book of the Year Award four times, for The Beguilers, The Alchemist's Apprentice, Annan Water and The New Policeman. The New Policeman was also awarded the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children's Book Award and the Dublin Airport Authority Children's Book of the Year Award for 2005. Creature of the Night was shortlisted for the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize, and has been shortlisted for the 2009 Carnegie Medal.
The Missing Link
The Missing Link consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
