Esta trilogía sumerge a los lectores en un mundo estrafalario dominado por montañas de objetos desechados y habitado por una peculiar familia unida por secretos. A cada miembro se le entrega un objeto único al nacer del que nunca debe separarse, pero uno posee la extraña habilidad de oír hablar a estos objetos. Mientras las sombras del pasado se agitan y los misterios que mantienen unida a su extraño mundo comienzan a desentrañarse, un peligro inminente amenaza con consumirlos. Es una cautivadora historia sobre la familia, las cosas olvidadas y las oscuras verdades ocultas en los desechos de la historia.
A storm is brewing over Heap House. The Iremongers are growing restless and the whispers are getting louder. When Clod meets Lucy Pennant, a girl newly arrived from the city, everything changes. The secrets that bind Heap House together begin to unravel to reveal a dark truth that threatens to destory Clod's world.
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Clod Iremonger is surrounded by peculiar objects that speak to him, including a brass door handle and a unique bath plug, reflecting his family's unusual connection to discarded items. The Iremonger family prefers these objects to remain silent, but their secrets begin to unravel with the arrival of Lucy Pennant. As the objects stir and chaos ensues, Clod is faced with profound questions about identity and belonging, challenging his understanding of family and his place within it.
Foulsham, London's great filth repository, is bursting at the seams. The walls that keep the muck in are buckling, rubbish is spilling over the top, back into the city that it came from. In the Iremonger family offices, Grandfather Umbitt Iremonger broods: in his misery and fury at the people of London, he has found a way of making everyday objects assume human shape, and the real people into objects.Abandoned in the depths of the Heaps, Lucy Pennant has been rescued by a terrifying creature, Binadit Iremonger, more animal than human. She is desperate and determined to find Clod. But unbeknownst to her, Clod has become a golden sovereign and 'lost'. He is being passed as currency from hand to hand all around Foulsham, and yet everywhere people are searching for him, desperate to get hold of this dangerous Iremonger, who, it is believed, has the power to bring the mighty Umbitt down.But all around the city, things, everyday things, are twitching into life...
The extraordinary climax to the gothic Iremonger trilogy.
As the Iremonger family begins a search for a new home in London, residents of the city begin to notice strange incidents, including missing persons, strange objects appearing, a creeping darkness, and lots of rats.