The Fire Thief (novel)

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name = The Fire Thief
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author = Terry Deary
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = The Fire Thief Trilogy
genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Kingfisher
release_date = 2005
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media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 253 pp
isbn = ISBN 978-0-7534-6118-1
preceded_by = none
followed_by = Flight of the Fire Thief

"The Fire Thief" was written by Terry Deary, and is the first book in The Fire Thief Trilogy. The book is about Prometheus, the Greek Titan who is said to have brought fire to the humans.

It first tells you of Prometheus when he is chained to a rock and about to have his liver ripped out by the fury, but instead, he grabs the Fury, breaks its neck and runs away after he has been freed from the mountain he was chained to, by his cousin Zeus, Zeus sends him on a quest to find a true hero who is human. He is given this task by his cousin Zeus the Greek God of Thunder.He travels into the future with a pair of magical wings. He lands in Eden City and is helped by Uncle Edward and young Jim. The Fury is bent on revenge and Theus must complete this task while avoiding the Fury, who is supposed to eat his liver everyday for eternity.

The book is written by Jim and has captions explaining certain elements of the story (usually funny). It is written with humor along with adventure.

HUMAN CHARACTERS:JIM: sometimes called Little Jim, is a little orphan boy who helps Theus in the first bookUNCLE EDWARD: Edward is a fat, old, criminal who adopted Jim from the orphanage when he was six-years-old

The other two books in the series are Flight of the Fire Thief (2006) and The Fire Thief Fights Back(2007).