'Rich, complex, involving, hard to put down, this first novel is excellent high fantasy.' - Publishers Weekly 'I think Garth Nix has created a really remarkable and persuasive world and done it in the grand style of heroic romance-with some wonderful twists and turns. Here is a world with the same solidity and four-dimensional authority as our own, created with invention, clarity and intelligence.' -Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials trilogy 'Sabriel is a winner, a fantasy that reads like realism.

And every step brings them closer to a battle that will pit them against the true forces of life and death-and bring Sabriel face-to-face with her own destiny.

As the three travel deep into the Old Kingdom, threats mount on all sides. She soon finds companions in Mogget, a cat whose aloof manner barely conceals its malevolent spirit, and Touchstone, a young Charter Mage long imprisoned by magic, now free in body but still trapped by painful memories. But during her final semester, her father, the Abhorsen, goes missing, and Sabriel knows she must enter the Old Kingdom to find him. Dark Secrets, Deep Love, and Dangerous Magic Sent to a boarding school in Ancelstierre as a young child, Sabriel has had little experience with the random power of Free Magic or the Dead who refuse to stay dead in the Old Kingdom. Sabriel, the first installment in the trilogy, launched critically acclaimed author Garth Nix onto the fantasy scene as a rising star. Game of Thrones fans will love the New York Times bestselling Abhorsen series.

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