The Chestnut King
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| Author | N.D. Wilson |
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| Illustrator | Jeff Nentrup |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | 100 Cupboards trilogy |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Random House |
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Publication date
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March 1, 2010 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 483 |
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| Preceded by | Dandelion Fire |
The Chestnut King is a 2010 fantasy novel written by N.D. Wilson. It is the third and final installment to the 100 Cupboards trilogy. Its main character is Henry York Maccabee.
When 12-year-old Henry York went to stay with his cousins in Henry, Kansas, he never imagined the trips he'd be taking. As the trilogy began, Henry found 99 cupboards hidden behind his bedroom wall. Each led to a different world. He inadvertently released an imprisoned witch-queen named Nimiane, who is determined to rule the cupboard worlds. Henry fought off Nimiane.
In Dandelion fire Henry gets struck by lightning after what he thought he saw was a dandelion glowing with fire. After getting struck by lightning he starts to have bad things happen to him, he suddenly goes blind and can't open his eyes. They fix the problem by taking Henry to a doctor.
Henry finds this portal that he hasn't been to yet and that's where he meets Franklin Fat Faerie and Monmouth. After almost being tossed into the ocean, he is kept hostage in a castle of faeries. Fat Frank breaks him and Monmouth out but run into wizards and fingerlings.
After Henry loses Grandfather's journal he finds a house and is saved after trying to get in. He collapses, but is taken in by his mother who tells him all about the family. Henry finds out that he has two sisters Isa and Una. Henry also finds out that he is the seventh son of Mordecai and that means that he is a green child. A green child is the seventh born child in the family and each of them has their own mark Henry's mark is a dandelion and his fathers is a grape.
Later he gets christened after finding out that the green man in his letters is his father after he gets christened the feast gets interrupted by someone. Fat Frank yelled to Henry to throw the knife. When he does the prison that is holding Henry's father gets broken and Mordecai is freed after being imprisoned by the faeren.
In The Chestnut King, Henry's Aunt Dotty, Uncle Frank and cousins from Kansas now live in Badon Hill, as well. Nimiane continues to stalk Henry. She wants his blood, as it will increase her power. The scar she previously inflicted on his face continues to grow and rot. Henry's father, Mordecai, fears the wound will kill Henry unless they can vanquish the undying witch-queen soon.
Soldiers sent by the emperor of this world demand that Mordecai come with them across the sea. The emperor wants Mordecai to answer to charges that his family helped free Nimiane. Mordecai is more concerned about destroying the witch-queen and saving his son than his defense. He says he will respond to the emperor once he has completed his mission. He leaves for Endor, where Nimiane resides.
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