Lothian Books
August 2004 $14.95
150p pb
ISBN: 0-7344-0690-8
When Tikko Tensingh is offered a job as a rift cave guide for a member of the famous Doro family, she thinks her dreams have come true, this being her first solo guide job. However when her new boss arrives he is not what she expected: from his sparse beard to his cheap “manoeuvrable” travel ways, not at all like his sister the great lady Attranta who must always travel in style. From strange beginnings to strange worlds they must travel to try and win glory and fame for both their families. But as the pressure grows can they simply survive and see their loved ones? Through such wild adventure can both possibly return home?
All in all Treasure Hunters of Quentaris is a pretty good book from a great Australian writer, Margo Lanagan. The book is full of twists, turns and intrigue and it makes you want to read more. This is one of those books that you want to finish to see how it ends but when you do you wish it had gone on for eternity.
Chris, aged 15, Canberra, ACT