The Keeping Place

The Keeping Place
Sleeping girl with red hair + cat and dragon
Author	Isobelle Carmody
Country	Australia
Language	English
Series	Obernewtyn Chronicles
Genre	Fantasy, Science fiction novel, Post-apocalyptic fiction
Publisher	Viking Press Australia
Publication date	1999
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	754
ISBN	0-14-029579-8
OCLC	48607283
Preceded by	Ashling
Followed by	The Stone Key

The Keeping Place is a science fiction novel by Isobelle Carmody, set in a post apocalyptic world. It is the fourth book in the Obernewtyn Chronicles.

Synopsis

After a kidnapping, the Misfit community at Obernewtyn are forced to join the rebellion against the totalitarian Council, using their extraordinary mental abilities. Yet Elspeth must also seek out clues left by a long-dead seer, Kasanda, necessary to her quest to destroy the Beforetime weaponmachines. When one is hidden in the past, Elspeth must travel the Dreamtrails, stalked by a terrifying beast, with Maruman, her cat, as guide and protector. Only now can she learn more of the Beforetime Misfits and their enemy, Govamen, and realise her quest is intimately linked with the Misfit's Obernewtyn - its past and its future.^[1]

Plot

Rushton is kidnapped, by an unknown person. The Misfits receive a letter telling them that he has been kidnapped and that they will kill him if the Misfits do not join the rebellion. The Misfits think that it must be a rebel who has kidnapped him, but it was not. Rushton was initially summoned to Sutrium, and attended a rebel meeting. The rebels asked him if the Misfits would join the rebellion, but Rushton declined after a new policy the Misfits set themselves after the Battlegames in Sador (see Ashling). The Misfits join the rebellion, only to be betrayed by the Misfit-hating rebel, Malik. Many Misfits and beasts are killed by soldierguards. The rebellion is won, but the west coast is still occupied by the Council after a rebel or Misfit traitor spread the news. The Misfits could not identify the traitor, most likely because he or she wore a demon band, a tainted band made by the Herders to ward off evil, though it actually works on Misfits. Meanwhile the Misfits at Obernewtyn are having their dreams haunted by a dragon, Dragon's form on the Dreamtrails, but Dragon cannot control it. The Misfits are all in Sutrium after the rebellion and then return. Elspeth goes to the City under Mount. Tor and dives, to find a statue of herself! Made by Kasanda. Elspeth then enters Dragon's mind, with Maruman and finds Rushton in there. Elspeth learns a lot about the Red Queen, who is Dragon. After she leaves Dragon's mind, Dragon is awakened from her coma. And Rushton is found during one of the rebellion's invasion.But Rushton seems to have lost his mind due to an overdose of drugs.And she recovers his soul when she enters Dragon's mind.

Publication history

Single Book Publications:^[2] ^[3]^[4]

Year	Country	Publisher	Media Type	Cover Designer	Pages	ISBN
1999	AUS	Penguin Books	Paperback	Miles Lowrey, Ellie Exarchos	754	0-14-029579-8
2007	AUS	Penguin Books	Paperback	Les Petersen	754	9780140295795
2008	US	Random House	Paperback		553	9780375857706
2011	UK	Bloomsbury Publishing	Paperback		768	9781408806999

Combined Volumes:^[5]

Year	Country	Title	Publisher	Media Type	Cover Designer	Pages	ISBN
2012	US	The Dreamtrails (Book 3&4)	Bluefire	Paperback	Les Petersen	928	9780307932198

References

↑ http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780140295795/keeping-place-obernewtyn-chronicles-volume-4
↑ "Bibliography: The Keeping Place". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
↑ Cathy Larsen. "Concept roughs for the Obernewtyn series". Penguin Books. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
↑ http://www.obernewtyn.net/penguin/FinalObernewtyn2.pdf
↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dreamtrails-Obernewtyn-Chronicles-Isobelle-Carmody/dp/0307932192

External links

The Keeping Place title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Works by Isobelle Carmody

Short stories	"Roaches" (Into the Future, 1991) "Long Live the Giant!" (The Lottery: Nine Science Fiction Stories, 1994) "A Splinter of Darkness" (Dark House, 1995) "Green Monkey Dreams" (Green Monkey Dreams, 1995) "The Keystone" (Dream Weavers, 1996) "The Man Who Lost His Shadow (Dreaming Down-Under, 1998) "Guinevere, or the Sleeping of Beauty" (The Road to Camelot, 2002) "The Dove Game" (Gathering the Bones, 2003) "Santorini" (Kids' Night In 2, 2005) "Perchance to Dream" (Dreaming Again, 2008) "The Stranger" (Exotic Gothic 2, 2009)

Collections	Green Monkey Dreams (1996) This Way Out: Five Plays (1998) Metro Winds (May 2012)

Picture books	Dreamwalker (2000) Wildheart (2002) Journey From the Centre of the Earth (2003) The Wrong Thing (2006) Night School (2010)

Gateway trilogy	Billy Thunder and the Night Gate (2000) The Winter Door (2003) Firecat's Dream (forthcoming)

The Kingdom of the Lost	The Red Wind (2010)

The Legend of Little Fur	Little Fur (2005) A Fox Called Sorrow (2006) A Mystery of Wolves (2007) A Riddle of Green (2008)

Legendsong Saga	Darkfall (1997) Darksong (2002) Darkbane (forthcoming)

Obernewtyn Chronicles	Obernewtyn (1987) The Farseekers (1990) Ashling (1995) The Keeping Place (1999) The Stone Key (2008) The Sending (2011) The Red Queen (forthcoming)

Miscellaneous	Scatterlings (1991) The Gathering (1993) The Red Shoes (1996) Greylands (1997) The Landlord (2000) Angel Fever (2004) Alyzon Whitestarr (2005) The Cat Dreamer (2005)