Mar 26, 2020 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the finisher vega jane, book 1. And she always believed ituntil the night she saw quentin herms run. If vega wants to stay safe, she just needs to keep her head down and her mouth shut. The finisher is quite slow until about a critical event in the book that happens midway. Teenager, vega jane, ventures outside her village into the dreaded wormwood forest in search of her missing mentor, quentin herms. The finisher is an enchanting romp through a fantastical world worthy of rowling or brooks. Vega knows quentin didnt just leave, but that he was chased. The novels set in a fantasy world with frequent peril from scary. In order to leave the town of wormwood and discover the truth about her world, vega and her best friend delph must find a way to cross the quag and survive its horrors. The finisher by david baldacci summary of the finisher.
Theres only one problem vega jane never walks away from a fight. The finisher was a delightful change of pace into a make believe world of the authors mind with a cast of characters that will stay with you forever. Vega jane lives in a small, backward village called wormwood. Baldacci proves that his pen can engage youth as well as adults. She will not break vega jane was always told no one could leave the town of wormwood. Now, just one thing stands between vega jane and freedom the quag. Master storyteller david baldacci introduces vega jane, an unforgettable heroine who must think fast, hit hard, and defy all odds to uncover the truth. Sony pictures entertainment has optioned film rights to david baldaccis upcoming fantasy novel the finisher.
She was told there was nothing outside but the quag, a wilderness filled with danger and death. The finisher is a thrilling fantasy adventure story that follows one girls quest beyond her known world and into a dangerous realm full of magical beasts welcome to wormwood. A place where curiosity is discouraged and no one has ever left. The finisher by david baldacci is about a girl named vega jane. Just one thing stands between vega jane and freedom the quag, a terrifying land of bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic. The finisher vega jane, book 1, volume 1 by david baldacci, 9780545888547, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Nobody, including vega herself has ever left wormwood, not until one of vegas co workers named quentin hermes, goes missing. The finisher by david baldacci is the story of a girl named vega jane who lives in wormwood with her brother jon jane. See all 29 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The vega jane book series by david baldacci includes books the finisher, wereld vol gevaar, the width of the world, and several more. The finisher navy general library program downloadable.
The bleak little village is surrounded by a wall called the quag, a barrier that is supposedly filled with monsters. Everything you need to know about the finisher movie. She was told there was nothing outside but a forest filled with danger and death. The finisher was the first book in the vega jane series where vega jane who has never left her village known as wormwood, decides to find out why quentin hormes went into the quag. Extra content ebook edition by david baldacci available from rakuten kobo. When we last saw vega jane in the finisher, she had left her very giver life in wormwood, for possible freedom and death in the quag that surrounded it, with her canine harry 2, and her. Vega and her friends must lay their lives on the line. This book is astonishing it goes into great detail about life with magic instead of electronics and how one girl can change the world in a sexist society page 3. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the finisher vega jane, book 1. Powered by aspen discovery supported by bywater solutions v. Sep 24, 20 sony pictures entertainment has optioned film rights to david baldaccis upcoming fantasy novel the finisher. The finisher vega jane, book 1 by david baldacci, 9780545652209, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Vega gets by as a finisher, a person whose job it is to add the final touches to handicrafts before they are. He leaves behind a trail of clues for vega, which proves vegas theory, he was chased from wormwood. The finisher by david baldacci 2014, hardcover for sale. David baldacci introduces an unforgettable heroine who must think fast, hit hard, and defy all odds to uncover the truth. May 28, 2017 the finisher vega jane, book 1 josue dirksz. Jul 28, 2015 the finisher vega jane, book 1, volume 1 by david baldacci, 9780545888547, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. I have read dozens of baldacci books,picked up the finisher at a yard sale by accident,one night i had nothing else to read, just say once i started, i couldnt get ahold of the other 3 fast enough. She gets inklings both that wormwood has a hidden past and isnt the worlds only settlement after the towns other finisher flees into the deadly quag, leaving behind a map and a bestiary that catalogs. The finisher hardcover march 4 2014 by david baldacci author 3. The finisher vega jane, book 1 hardcover average rating.
The finisher centers on 14yearold vega, who lives in the bleak village of wormwood. The story follows the trials and tribulations of vega jane and her circle of compatriots as they attempt to make sense of their world and what might be beyond the world as they know it. Life in wormwood could be worse but it is hardly ideal. One night vega jolts awake to the sound of screaming and canines. Quickly getting out of her tree she runs after the sound. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. She lives in a village called wormwood in a boarding house called the looms with her brother john, as she isnt old enough to live. Vega jane begins to realize that the town of wormwood is holding many secrets, many, many secrets. The finisher vega jane, book 1, book by david baldacci.
Vega jane series, book 1 adobe epub ebook, kindle book, overdrive read. There was nothing in the quag except certain death. The finisher vega jane, book 1, volume 1 paperback at. Missing persons, juvenile fiction, forests and forestry, fantasy, fiction, villages. See the complete vega jane series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Vega jane gets by putting the finishing touches on highquality manufactured goods which, she later discovers, are thrown into a pit. But this isnt unusual, nobody has ever left the village of wormwood. And she believed it until the night she stumbled across a secret that proved that everything she knew was a lie. She was told there was nothing outside but a forest f.
The quag is a dark forest filled with terrifying beasts and bloodthirsty. Extra content ebook edition ebook written by david baldacci. The finisher vega jane, book 1, volume 1 by david baldacci. When her mentor disappears, vega is left a secret message hinting that theres a way out of wormwood, and something extraordinary on the other side. Sony options david baldaccis upcoming fantasy novel the. At least not until quentin herms vanishes into the unknown. Feb 27, 2017 master storyteller david baldacci introduces vega jane, an unforgettable heroine who must think fast, hit hard, and defy all odds to uncover the truth. The finisher vega jane, book 1 1 audio cd march 4, 2014 by david baldacci author visit amazons david baldacci page. The finisher is the first young adult book from number one bestselling author david baldacci.
That event was a bit predictable though as were all the other main story points. Vega jane, 14, is a strong heroine and worthy successor to thgs katniss. Vega jane was always told no one could leave the town of wormwood. Like all other wugmorts, they have never left the town of wormwood, trapped there by the deadly quag surrounding it. And she always believed it until the night she saw quentin herms run away.
Fantasy series centers on teenage vega, who lives in the bleak village of wormwood trapped there by the deadly quag, a forest filled with beasts. Fourteen yearold vega jane lives in the village of wormwood, beyond which nothing exists except for the quag, a forest filled with terrifying beasts. The quag was a terrifying forest that was filled with many beasts that were very dangerous. She gets inklings both that wormwood has a hidden past and isnt the worlds only settlement after the towns other finisher flees into the deadly quag, leaving behind a map and a bestiary that catalogs its. Residents are told that outside the towns walls, theres nothing but the quag, a forest filled with beasts. Vega jane is fifteen and wormwood is all she has ever known. Matt tolmach the amazing spiderman will produce the movie.
The finisher vega jane, book 1 she will not breakvega jane was always told no one could leave the town of wormwood. The clash between his awesome power and her iron will is going to shake the stars down. Fourteenyearold vega jane works as a finisher, creating goods shell never be able to afford and leading a hardscrabble life with her little brother. And hes left behind a very dangerous trail of clues that only she can decode.
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