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| Author | Philip Reeve |
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| Illustrator | David Wyatt |
| Language | English |
| Series | Larklight Trilogy |
| Genre | Steampunk |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publication date | October 2006 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 412 |
| ISBN | 0-7475-8240-8 |
| OCLC | 255773817 |
| Followed by | Starcross |
Larklight, or the Revenge of the White Spiders! or to Saturn's Rings and Back! is a young adult novel written by Philip Reeve and illustrated by David Wyatt. It is the first book in the Larklight Trilogy.
Larklight is a space opera set in an alternative Victorian era, in which mankind has been exploring the Solar System for at least a century, and wherein most of the planets are inhabitable. Protagonist Art Mumby narrates an attack on the British Empire and the Solar System at large by an ancient, arachnid-like extraterrestrial race, against which he and his family play a central role, aided by the pirate Jack Havock and his crew.