The Creature in the Case
It is six months since the cataclysmic events of Abhorsen, six months Nicholas Sayre has spent recovering in the Ancelstierre. But he is desperate to return to the Old Kingdom, and at last has the chance.
All he has to do is spend a weekend in a country house as a favour for his Uncle Edward, Chief Minister of Ancelstierre. That seems easy enough, till he discovers that the house holds many secrets, and the worst of them is a relic of the Old Kingdom, too far from the Wall for any spark of its magical life to reignite.
Unless someone finds a way to unleash its power...
About the Abhorsen (Old Kingdom) Series
Books in series order
- 1.Sabriel(1995)
- 2.Lirael(2001)
- 3.Abhorsen(2003)
- 4.Clariel(2014)
- 5.Goldenhand(2016)
- +Across the Wall(2005)
- +The Creature in the Case(2005)
- +To Hold the Bridge(2015)
Reading age: 13+ years
This series should be read in order.
Only the Abhorsen can keep the living safe from the dead...
In this compelling high fantasy series, a young heroine, Sabriel, must first do battle in the realm of Death itself to defeat a powerful enemy. Every step she takes brings her closer to a battle that will pit her against the true forces of life and death – and bring her face-to-face with her own destiny. Later it is Lirael, with only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, who must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil, which threatens the fate of the Old Kingdom. Lirael must search in both Life and Death for some means to defeat the evil Destroyer and find the missing Abhorsen Sabriel and the King Touchstone - before it is too late.