Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
The cover of the boxed set edition.
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| Author | Suzanne Collins |
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| Cover artist | Daniel Craig |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Underland Chronicles |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
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Publication date
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September 1, 2004 |
| Pages | 320 |
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| OCLC | 54500311 |
| LC Class | PZ7.C6837 Gre 2004 |
| Preceded by | Gregor the Overlander |
| Followed by | Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods |
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane is a novel with many elements of High Fantasy, and the second book in the critically acclaimed The Underland Chronicles written by Suzanne Collins. It was published in 2004.Scholastic has rated its grade level equivalent as 5.3 and its lexile score as 680L, making it appropriate for the average 11-13 year-old.
Listening Library (a division of Penguin Random House) published an audiobook version read by Paul Boehmer on April 11, 2006. It runs exactly 6 hours. The novel has also been released as an ebook, and is available from numerous online stores.
Several months have passed since the events of the first novel. Gregor is determined to never go back to the Underland, but another prophecy by Bartholomew of Sandwich predicts otherwise, and so the Underlanders bring him and his sister back down through an entrance to their world located in Central Park. Once below, Gregor learns of "The Prophecy of Bane", which the Underlanders interpret to mean that he must kill a white rat (known as the Bane) of whom they have just received intelligence. Historically, enormous white-coated rats have appeared below every few centuries and caused havoc for the humans, so the Underlanders train Gregor briefly then send him off to a place known as the Labyrinth where the Bane is in hiding.
The quest group undergoes several difficulties, including being caught in a whirlpool, encountering an island of carnivorous insects, and being betrayed by two shiners (fireflies) who were hired to provide them with light. Gregor himself begins to struggle with a new "power" that manifests when he is in battle. He is what the Underland creatures call a rager, a person who is overcome by a kind of "battle-fury" when they fight, making them completely deadly even without training. Gregor and his bond Ares's worst trouble, however, is when they and the remaining questers become separated from Luxa, Temp, and Boots during a fight with some serpents. The three missing are assumed dead, and Gregor finds himself emotionally frozen at the thought of having lost his baby sister.
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