Garth Nix

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Garth Nix is one of my favourite authors out of the fiction genre. His work has helped many boring days become colourful and i would recomend his books to anyone. His books are aimed at different audiences though all contain the same 5 star rating. The Keys to the Kingdom series is aimed ... Read review





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Abhorsen - Garth Nix Abhorsen - Garth Nix
The third book in Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy is everything it promised to be and ... more
everything it could ever have been, coming as it
did afterSabrielandLirael--two of the most
riveting fantasy novels in recent years. More a
continuation ofLiraelthanSabriel, which was set 20
years before it's sequel,Abhorsennevertheless
completes this outstanding sequence of books with
considerable style and a consistent quality of
prose that is enviable and to be admired.The book
opens in the Abhorsen's house in the Old Kingdom
where Lirael, the Abhorsen-in-waiting and Prince
Sameth, Sabriel's heir, are contemplating their
next manoeuvre. They are surrounded on all sides
by the dead, marshalled into action by Chlorr of
the Mask--a Greater Dead in league with the
necromancer Hedge. He in turn is working towards
the resurrection of Orannis, the Destroyer. With
no word from Sabriel or King Touchstone, the
situation is perilous. The Old Kingdom and its
neighbouring Ancelstierre are in political
turmoil, unaware of the menace that is about to be
unleashed from it's subterranean prison.With the
expert company of the Disreputable Dog and
mysterious cat Mogget, both wielders of powerful
free magic, Lirael and Sam must escape in order to
save all Life from doom. Their subsequent trek
across these magical lands is perilous and
spectacular… and not without a high
cost.Volumes one and two of this altogether
thrilling saga are essential reading before
attempting to grapple withAbhorsen. Nix's worlds
are complex and rich and his characters many and
multi-dimensional. From the unexpectedly
devastating prologue, through to the nail-biting
dénouement, the author demonstrates just how at
home he is in this genre. His imagination is raw
and exciting, and his novels don't get much better
than this. (Age 10 and over) --John McLay
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The long-buried secrets of the Old Kingdom and the Ninth Gate are revealed in the sequel ... more
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been freed from its subterranean prison and now
seeks to unleash its terrible powers. Only Lirael
Abhorsen-in-Waiting has any chance of stopping
this enemy of all Life. As she and her companions
-- Sameth the Disreputable Dog and Mogget -- set
out on their fated journey Lirael has no idea of
what lies ahead. Only days earlier Lirael was
merely a Second Assistant Librarian. Now with only
a vision from the Clayr to guide her and without
the experience of Abhorsen Sabriel and King
Touchstone she must search both Life and Death for
some means to defeat the Destroyer. Before it is
too late!
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Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins. One mysterious house is the doorway to ... more
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to venture and unlock a number of fantastical
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Second title in Garth Nix's gripping new fantasy adventure series. Arthur Penhaligon ... more
didn't think he would ever have to return to the
strange house that nearly killed him on Monday --
the house that contains a fantastical and sinister
realm inside. But the next day brings new
challenges -- in the form of an enemy named Grim
Tuesday who threatens the safety of both Arthur's
family and his world. Arthur must retrieve the
Second Key from Grim Tuesday in order to save
everything -- an adventure that will force him to
steal a Sunship survive a very weird work camp
befriend a bearlike spirit and fight the void
Nithlings. Even after all that he will still have
to venture into the scary Far Reaches for an
ultimate showdown.
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Who will guard the living when the dead arise? Sabriel is sent as a child across the Wall ... more
to the safety of a school in Ancelstierre. Away
from magic; away from the Dead. After receiving a
cryptic message from her father 18-year-old
Sabriel leaves her ordinary school and returns
across the Wall into the Old Kingdom. Fraught with
peril and deadly trickery her journey takes her to
a world filled with parasitical spirits Mordicants
and Shadow Hands -- for her father is none other
than The Abhorson. His task is to lay the
disturbed dead back to rest. This obliges him --
and now Sabriel who has taken on her father's
title and duties -- to slip over the border into
the icy river of Death sometimes battling the evil
forces that lurk there waiting for an opportunity
to escape into the realm of the living. Desperate
to find her father and grimly determined to help
save the Old Kingdom from destruction by the
horrible forces of the evil undead Sabriel endures
almost impossible challenges whilst discovering
her own supernatural abilities -- and her destiny.
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When the future is unclear who holds the key to destiny? Sequel to the spellbinding ... more
award-winning fantasy adventure SABRIEL. Lirael
has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr.
Abandoned by her mother and ignorant of her
father's identity Lirael resembles no one else in
her large extended family living in the Clayr's
Glacier. She doesn't even have the Sight -- the
ability to See into the present and possible
futures -- that is the very birthright of the
Clayr. Nonetheless it is Lirael in whose hands the
fate of the Old Kingdom lies. she must undertake a
desperate mission under the growing shadow of an
ancient evil -- one that opposes the Royal Family
blocks the Sight of the Clayr and threatens to
break the very boundary between Life and Death
itself. With only her faithful companion the
Disreputable Dog to help her Lirael must find the
courage to seek her own hidden destiny. Garth Nix
draws readers deeper into the magical landscape of
the Old Kingdom and weaves a spellbinding tale of
discovery destiny and danger.
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This may be the first book of yet another "cross-over" fantasy trilogy--theoretically ... more
equally appealing to both children and adult
readers--but thankfullySabrielhas enough verve and
panache about it to reach just such a wide
readership and to ensure that author Garth Nix has
created a bandwagon all of his own. Constantly
rich and meaty, the story is intriguing from the
off. Page by page the tension builds and draws you
into a highly imaginative landscape that has
familiarity and originality in equal
measures.Sabriel attends Wyverley Girls College in
Ancelstierre (Nix's version of normal) and has
recently graduated with runaway firsts in every
subject. But her particular school has certain
extra-curricular activities, like the learning of
Magic, because of its proximity to the Wall which
marks Ancelstierre's border with the Old Kingdom.
Over the wall, life is very different and the use
of magic is commonplace. Then, on the edge of
death, Sabriel's father, Abhorson, sends her a
cryptic message that means she must venture into
the Old Kingdom and calm the storm that is brewing
there, and which will surely multiply at her
father's passing. Refusing to accept his fate,
Sabriel inherits the tools of her father's trade
and his name. Her new duty is to lay the disturbed
dead back to rest with the help of seven powerful
bells worn across the chest. Sabriel seeks her
father's slayer in a mammoth journey that is
hindered by dark magic, monsters-a-plenty and
shadowy unsubstantial evils.The narrative builds
into a luxurious tale of good versus evil, with a
re-assuringly likeable central character to take
us through it all. Nix's writing is solid and
well-planned, his prose convincing and rounded.
Make a note to look up the
sequelsLiraelandAbhorsenin due course--they're
unlikely to disappoint. (Ages 10 and over)--John
McLay
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Middle books in fantasy trilogies are sometimes disappointing, but Garth Nix has created ... more
inLiraela fine successor toSabrielthat both
complements its precursor and sets up a
mouth-watering dénouement for the final
instalment inAbhorsen. Nix continues by setting
this new story in the neighbouring worlds of
Ancelstierre (no magic) and The Old Kingdom (lots
of magic) but introduces several new and
substantial characters that are as strong and
fascinating as those in the first book.In the Old
Kingdom, while the Abhorsen Sabriel is off
fighting the undead, who are waking in worryingly
ever-increasing numbers, Lirael is alone in the
glacial mountain kingdom of the Clayr dreaming of
when she will receive the gift of "the
sight"--which all true daughters of Clayr possess.
She fills the long wait with years of self-taught
charter magic and investigations into what lies in
the depths of the Clayr library--a truly vast and
ancient place.In Ancelstierre, Prince Sameth, son
of Sabriel and designated Abhorsen-in-waiting, is
battling with his own inner demons. His own
familiarity with charter magic is limited and it
even sometimes scares him. This weight of
expectation is crystallised when he is attacked by
an evil necromancer intent on killing him. Sameth
barely escapes with his life.In these times of
increased undead activity, Sabriel suspects a
greater force at work. Sameth must return to the
Old Kingdom and learn fast to help counter this
enormous threat while Lirael too must play her
part. She is a girl with an important destiny and
is sent out towards the area of darkness and
mystery that holds the key to what has been
happening. Nix's imagination continues to impress
all and hisSabrieltrilogy is so far proving to be
the award-winning spectacle that it has promised
to be. The book is recommended for ages 10 and
above. --John McLay
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Garth Nix
Review of Garth Nix by kingpin_penguin

Advantages: great author with great ideas
Disadvantages: NONE!

Garth Nix is one of my favourite authors out of the fiction genre. His work has helped many boring days become colourful and i would recomend his books to anyone. His books are aimed at different audiences though all contain the same 5 star rating. The Keys to the Kingdom series is aimed at younger kids. I read it when i was that age and it made my imagination churn with thousands of new ideas. The Sabriel, Lireal and Abhorson series is aimed for ...
...read it! This fiction series was amazing and once i bought and read the first book, i had to but the rest of them and continue the story untill i discoveredd how it ended. I would recomend all his books to anyone as they are some of the best reads i have encountered. ... Read review

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