The Resuurection Fields (19 page)

Brian Keaney is a celebrated British author of young adult fiction. His writing has earned the admiration of such stellar contemporaries as His Dark Materials’ Philip Pullman. Says Pullman of Keaney’s
Jacob’s Ladder:
“[T]his novel has an original tone and an unusual setting. I applaud Keaney’s seriousness of purpose.”

The seed for The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus was sown when, at thirteen, Keaney first read Dante’s
The Divine Comedy
and became deeply affected by the classic tale’s visions and themes.

After his family, writing is Keaney’s primary passion. He makes a habit of spending time on a farm in Ireland, “sitting on the hillside, listening to the wind blowing through the heather and letting the stories grow in my mind.”

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2008 by Brian Keaney
Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Nicoletta Ceccoli

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
Originally published in Great Britain as
The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus: The Mendini Canticle
by Orchard Books in 2008.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Keaney, Brian.
[Promises of Dr. Sigmundus]                
The Resurrection Fields / by Brian Keaney ; [illustrations by Nicoletta Ceccoli].
— 1st American ed.     
p. cm.—(Promises of Dr. Sigmundus ; Bk. 3)
“Originally published in Great Britain as The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus: The Mendini Canticle
by Orchard Books in 2008”—T.p. verso.
Summary: Although beset by otherworldly perils, Dante and his best friend Bea continue
to be dedicated to the overthrow of Sigmundus and the dark powers that have
latched on to his methods of authoritarian mind control.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89362-9
[1. Science fiction.] I. Ceccoli, Nicoletta, ill. II. Title.     
PZ7.K219Res 2009
[Fic]—dc22          
2008041088

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