Customer Reviews
Great Read - what happened to the print quality - By: R. Church, 06 Jun 2008 
I can't fault this series of books regarding the storytelling - fast paced, humerous - great entertainment. My 11 yr old son had not read any books of a "weighty" variety until I introduced him to this series - he has read one Septimus Heap book a week & is now about to embark on Queste.
With regard to the print quality though - I purchased Physik & Queste together & on their arrival immediately noticed a variationin print quality. The earlier books appear to have been printedin the UK whilst Queste has been printedin the USA. The way the pages have been trimmedin Queste is very ragged - & even if it is done to create an aged effect & make the pages easier to turn the book feels inferior.
As a father of undoubted grumpiness I'd reflect that the books were cheaper to produce & a CD was thrownin to keep the punters happy - but who's to know?
Anyway - don't let this put you off the book - its brilliant - just felt shortchanged when I put the two books side by side!
Your first QUESTE is to read the other books - By: Amanda Richards, 20 May 2008 
This is the fourth bookin the Septimus Heap series, & also the biggest at 596 pages. The first three books,in order are:
Magyk
Flyte
Physik
In order to fully appreciate book four, I would recommend reading the three preceding books first, to make sure that you don't miss a thing.
The main character is Septimus Heap, the seventh son of a seventh son, apprenticed to the Extra-Ordinary Wizard, & always finding himselfin the middle of perilous adventures. Septimus & his friends are usually found battling against DARKE magyk, & this book is no exception.
One of his enemies has returned, bringing the nasty old remains of the evil DomDaniel, & with it the DARKE magyk plus all the creepy things that come with the package.
But that's not all.
This fast-paced book also has Septimus, his adopted sister Princess Jenna & his friend Beetle trying to save his brother Nicko & his friend Snorri, who are trapped five hundred yearsin the past. While all this is going on, Septimus is tricked into embarking on a QUESTE, from which no apprentice has ever returned. With the help of the alchemist Marcellus Pye & restoration expert Ephaniah Grebe, the QUESTE leads them to the House of Foryx where all time meets.
Angie Sage has created a wonderful fantasy series for readers from around ten years old, & I'm looking forward to 2010, when the movie based on Magyk is due to be released.
Note: This book also includes one of those cute little CD-ROMs, & when you play it through your computer, you get a choice of eight "questing stones" leading to information & activities, as follows:
1. About Queste
2. About the Author
3. Ice Tunnel Sledding (a game)
4. Trading Cards for supporting characters Lucy Gringe, Ullr, Ephaniah Grebe, Tertius Fume & Boris Catchpole, with a link to the interactive website where you can find all the characters.
5. Spells for "Pure water" & "Darkening"
6. Tips for traveling to the House of Foryx
7. Top selling sweets at Ma Custard's All-Day-All-Night Sweet Shop
8. QUESTE screensaver for PC & MAC
Worth the money & then some
Amanda Richards
consistantly great - By: M. Ballard, 28 Apr 2008 Well worth waiting for! The whole series is great I love the characters the humour & the adventure. There are books you read once & pass on but these deserve to be treasured. These are beautifully presented they look great so you would want to keep them just for that reason alone. You can enjoy reading them again & again.
