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Zusatztext “Sabriel is a winner! a fantasy that reads like realism. Here is a world with the same solidity and four dimensional authority as our own! created with invention! clarity! and intelligence. I congratulate Garth Nix. And I look forward to reading his next piece of work.” Informationen zum Autor Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia. A full-time writer since 2001, he has worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve. Garth's books include the award-winning fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen; Clariel, a prequel in the Abhorsen series; the cult favorite teen science fiction novel Shade's Children; and his critically acclaimed collection of short stories, To Hold the Bridge. His fantasy novels for younger readers include The Ragwitch, the six books of the Seventh Tower sequence, the Keys to the Kingdom series, and A Confusion of Princes. His books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, the Guardian, and the Australian, and his work has been translated in forty languages. He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two children. Klappentext Game of Thrones fans will love the New York Times bestselling Abhorsen series. Sabriel, the first installment in the trilogy, launched critically acclaimed author Garth Nix onto the fantasy scene as a rising star. Since childhood, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who refuse to stay dead. But now her father, the Abhorson, is missing, and Sabriel must cross into that world to find him. With Mogget, whose feline form hides a powerful, perhaps malevolent spirit, and Touchstone, a young Charter Mage, Sabriel travels deep into the Old Kingdom. There she confronts an evil that threatens much more than her life and comes face-to-face with her own hidden destiny. . . . Zusammenfassung Game of Thrones fans will love the New York Times bestselling Abhorsen series. Sabriel ! the first installment in the trilogy! launched critically acclaimed author Garth Nix onto the fantasy scene as a rising star. Since childhood! Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom! away from the power of Free Magic! and away from the Dead who refuse to stay dead. But now her father! the Abhorson! is missing! and Sabriel must cross into that world to find him. With Mogget! whose feline form hides a powerful! perhaps malevolent spirit! and Touchstone! a young Charter Mage! Sabriel travels deep into the Old Kingdom. There she confronts an evil that threatens much more than her life and comes face-to-face with her own hidden destiny. . . . ...
