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| Original Title: | Abhorsen |
| ISBN: | 0060278250 (ISBN13: 9780060278250) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Abhorsen #3, The Old Kingdom #3 |
| Characters: | Sabriel, Touchstone, Mogget, Lirael, The Disreputable Dog, Prince Sameth, Nicholas Sayre |
| Setting: | Old Kingdom Ancelstierre Oude Koninkrijk |
| Literary Awards: | Ditmar Award Nominee for Best Novel (2004), Aurealis Award for Young Adult Novel and Best Fantasy Novel (2003) |
Garth Nix
Hardcover | Pages: 358 pages Rating: 4.22 | 108534 Users | 2298 Reviews
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| Title | : | Abhorsen (Abhorsen #3) |
| Author | : | Garth Nix |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 358 pages |
| Published | : | January 7th 2003 by HarperCollins (first published 2003) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Magic. Young Adult Fantasy. High Fantasy. Adventure |
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The Ninth was strong and fought with mightBut lone Orannis was put out of the light
Broken in two and buried under hill
Forever to lie there, wishing us ill.
So says the song. But Orannis, the Destroyer, is no longer buried under hill. It has been freed from its subterranean prison and now seeks to escape the silver hemispheres, the final barrier to the unleashing of its terrible powers.
Only Lirael, newly come into her inheritance as the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, has any chance of stopping the Destroyer. She and her companions -- Sam, the Disreputable Dog, and Mogget -- have to take that chance. For the Destroyer is the enemy of all Life, and it must be stopped, though Lirael does not know how.
To make matters worse, Sam's best friend, Nick, is helping the Destroyer, as are the necromancer Hedge and the Greater Dead Chlorr, and there has been no word from the Abhorsen Sabriel or King Touchstone.
Everything depends upon Lirael. A heavy, perhaps even impossible burden for a young woman who just days ago was merely a Second Assistant Librarian. With only a vision from the Clayr to guide her, and the rather mixed help of her companions, Lirael must search in both Life and Death for some means to defeat the Destroyer.
Before it is too late. . . .
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Ratings: 4.22 From 108534 Users | 2298 ReviewsCriticize Containing Books Abhorsen (Abhorsen #3)
Abhorsen takes three-hundred-plus pages to take Lirael, Sam, the Dog and Mogget from Point A - the Abhorsen's house in the Old Kingdom - to Point B - the Lightening Farm in Ancelstierre. Throughout the book, the main goal was to go there, fast fast fast, hurry hurry hurry hurry. It is much the same in the first book, Sabriel. Some might find it exciting and adventurous but I simply found it tiring. When they reach Ancelstierre, they must stop stop stop the hemispheres hemispheres hemispheresThis has become one of my favorite series of all time.
What a stunning conclusion to an amazing trilogy. The scope of the conclusion - which covers the foundation of the Charter - was incredible and tied up several loose ends. I can't wait to read more about Lirael and Nicholas.
Despite their new destinies, Lirael and Sam continue their plan to recue Nick and stop whatever he is unearthing. Slowly the pair come to discover what it is: Lirael embraces her destiny as not only the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, but a Remembrancer as well, someone who can See the past like her Clayr sisters can See the future. Sam, relieved he no longer has to deal directly with Death, embraces his destiny as a royal Wallmaker his hobby of inventing and his powerful skill as a Charter Mage really
This book is fast-paced, entertaining and filled with action and suspense. I enjoyed it less than Lirael and Sabriel, because its focus in less on self-searching than these two. I'm not fan of military or necromancy, but, although this book is filled with solders and dead, I enjoyed it nonetheless.
4.5 stars!This series just keeps getting better!We find Lirael and Sam immediately after book 2, on the hunt for Sams friend Nick and the evil he has accidentally gotten himself trapped in. Along with the Disreputable Dog and Mogget the cat we are taken on a fantastic ride through a world where the dead dont stay dead! Confused Dead Hands staggered out of her way, gobbling their distress from their decayed throats. Nix has created such an incredible magic system; with both Charter Magic - the
I first read these when I was much younger, probably just a few years after they were published. I must confess, before I started them I could barely recall them at all, aside from a few episodes from the first book, Sabriel. I had hastily added 3 or 4 stars to them when I transferred them to GoodReads, so they must have had a lasting impression on me for me to do that.Second re-through and I could see a little why I liked them, but they weren't the kind of thing I would love to read nowadays. I
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