Sabriel
Who will guard the living when the dead arise...?
Sabriel is the daughter of the Mage Abhorsen. Ever since she was a tiny child, she has lived outside the Wall of the Old Kingdom - far from the uncontrolled power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who won't stay dead.
But now her father is missing and Sabriel is called upon to cross back into that world to find him. Leaving the safety of the school she has known as home, Sabriel embarks upon a quest fraught with supernatural dangers, with companions she is unsure of - for nothing is as it seems within the boundary of the Old Kingdom. There she confronts an evil that threatens much more than her life, and comes face to face with her hidden destiny...
Winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction - Best Young Adult Novel and Best Fantasy Novel (1995), An American Library Association (ALA ) Notable Children's Book for Older Readers (1997), Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee (2005)
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.