To
Hold the Bridge (Abhorsen #0.5)
"To
Hold the Bridge" is set about 400 years before the events of Sabriel. This
novella was published in 2010 as part of the anthologyLegends of Australian
Fantasy, edited by Jack Dann and Jonathan Strahan.
Sabriel
(Abhorsen #1)
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. But during her final semester, her father, the
Abhorsen, goes missing, and Sabriel knows she must enter the Old Kingdom to
find him. 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. As
the three travel deep into the Old Kingdom, threats mount on all sides. 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.
Lirael
(Abhorsen #2)
Lirael
has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time
when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she
feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old
Kingdom lies in her hands. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable
Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an
ancient evil.
Abhorsen
(Abhorsen #3)
When
the ninth gate calls, who can resist its summons?
An old evil has arisen - freed from its subterranean prison and seeking to
escape the binding silver hemispheres which prevent it from finally unleashing
its terrible powers.
Lirael, newly come into her inheritance as the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, knows that
the fate of the world is in her hands. With only a vision from the Clayr to
guide her, and the uncertain help of her companions — Sam, the Disreputable
Dog, and Mogget — Lirael sets out on her perilous mission.
Then answer must be found somewhere in Life or Death - but can a former Second
Assistant Librarian possibly discover the means to defeat the
Destroyer...before it is too late?
The
Creature in the Case (Abhorsen #3.5)
Novella,
The Creature in the Case was published for 2005 World Book Day. It was retitled
"Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case" for collection in Across
the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories (2005).
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 hid
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....
Across
the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories
Nicholas
Sayre will do anything to get across the Wall.
Thoughts of Lirael and Sam haunt his dreams, and he has come to realize that his
destiny lies with them, in the Old Kingdom. But here in Ancelstierre, Nick
faces an obstacle that is not entirely human, with a strange power that seems
to come from Nicholas himself.
Thirteen stories from the international bestselling author, including the
award-winning Old Kingdom story Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case.
The rest of the collection includes two widely different takes on the Merlin
myth, a gritty urban version of Hansel and Gretel, a heartbreaking story of
children and war, a western, a traditional tale with a twist and a hilarious
choose-your-own-adventure spoof.
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