The Seeker

L
IKE EVERY ORPHAN
, I had heard stories about Obernewtyn.

It was used by parents as a sort of horror tale to make naughty children behave. But in truth very little was known about it.

Some said it was just like another Councilfarm, and that the master there had only sought labor for an area too remote to interest normal laborers. Others said Lukas Seraphim was himself afflicted in some way, while still others claimed he was a doctor and wanted subjects to practice on.

Those Misfits taken there were never seen again.

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.

Obernewtyn
copyright © 1987 by Isobelle Carmody
The Farseekers
copyright © 1990 by Isobelle Carmody
Map copyright © 2008 by Penguin Group Australia

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Bluefire, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. The works in this collection were originally published separately by Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Camberwell, in 1987 and 1990. Published here by arrangement with Penguin Group Australia, a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd.

Bluefire and the colophon are trademarks of Random House, Inc.

Visit us on the Web!
www.randomhouse.com/teens/strangelands

Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at
www.randomhouse.com/teachers

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.
eISBN: 978-0-307-97434-1

Random House Children’s Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read.

v3.1

Cover

Other Books by This Author

Title Page

Copyright

Map

BERNEWTYN

for Brenda