Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen
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Garth Nix. (2014). Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen. HarperCollins.

Garth Nix. 2014. Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen. HarperCollins.

Garth Nix, Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen. HarperCollins, 2014.

Garth Nix. Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen. HarperCollins, 2014.

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     Garth Nix is a New York Times bestselling novelist and has been a full-time writer since 2001 but has also 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 many books include the Old Kingdom fantasy series, beginning with Sabriel and continuing to Goldenhand; the sci-fi novels Shade's Children and A Confusion of Princes; the Regency romance with magic Newt's Emerald; and novels for children including The Ragwitch, the Seventh Tower series, the Keys to the Kingdom series, and Frogkisser!, which is now in development as a feature film with Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios. Garth has written numerous short stories, some of which are collected in Across the Wall and To Hold the Bridge. He has also cowritten several children's book series with Sean Williams, including TroubleTwisters and Have Sword, Will Travel.

     More than six million copies of his books have been sold around the world and his work has been translated into forty-two languages.

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Award-winning author Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom with a thrilling prequel complete with dark magic, royalty, dangerous action, a strong heroine, and flawless world building. This epic fantasy adventure is destined to be a classic and is perfect for fans of Rae Carson, Kristin Cashore, Scott Westerfeld, and Cassandra Clare.

Clariel is the daughter of one of the most notable families in the Old Kingdom, with blood relations to the Abhorsen and, most important, to the King. She dreams of living a simple life but discovers this is hard to achieve when a dangerous Free Magic creature is loose in the city, her parents want to marry her off to a killer, and there is a plot brewing against the old and withdrawn King Orrikan. When Clariel is drawn into the efforts to find and capture the creature, she finds hidden sorcery within herself, yet it is magic that carries great dangers. Can she rise above the temptation of power, escape the unwanted marriage, and save the King?

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     "Between striking characters-from the heroic if not entirely competent young Abhorsen-in-Waiting, Belatiel, to the enigmatic, catlike Mogget-and Nix's brilliantly complex magic system, this superb tale is exactly the book fans of the series have been awaiting." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

     "Clariel is a deeply sympathetic character faced with complicated choices, the consequences of which are frighteningly uncertain as she is pulled between the wild Free Magic and the disciplined Charter. A bittersweet story." — Booklist (starred review)

     "Nix pens a compelling character in Clariel while his skill in rendering both politics and magic is strong. This excellent work can be enjoyed independently of the other Old Kingdom novels, but will certainly draw readers to those works." — School Library Journal (starred review)

     "Nix's tale provides a complete experience unto itself. But his focus on this strong character whose overriding passion is to go her own way provides a hugely satisfying background to the other Abhorsen books. A suspenseful prequel to the much-loved Abhorsen books, showcasing the independent Clariel." — Shelf Awareness (starred review)

     "Beautifully written, magnificently imagined, and wholly original, Clariel is Garth Nix's finest work yet." — Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

     "The old magic returns in this sterling prequel to one of YA's classic series." — Scott Westerfeld, New York Times bestselling author of the Uglies series and Afterworlds

     "A brilliant return to the Old Kingdom—one of the most exciting and original magical worlds ever devised." — Alison Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of Eon and Eona

     "A thunderstorm of a tale, bitter and brutal but dazzling in its ferocity." — Kirkus Reviews

     "Fans will treasure this long-awaited opportunity to return to a much-loved world, built with as much originality and richness as ever." — Horn Book Magazine

     "Nix fans will surely rejoice at this sharp, gripping prequel to his beloved fantasy trilogy of Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen. The beauty of a prequel is that it will not only present unknown scenarios even to the most intense devotees but also pave a path for new fans to dive into the existing trilogy. " — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

     Praise for SABRIEL: "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." — Philip Pullman

     Praise for LIRAEL: "What makes Lirael a delight is the magic that Nix brings to his story and to his characters." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

     "Riveting." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

     Praise for ABHORSEN: "Breathtaking, bittersweet, and utterly unforgettable." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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     In a prequel to his classic Old Kingdom series, set some 600 years before the previous novels, Nix introduces Clariel, the 17-year-old daughter of a supremely talented goldsmith mother. Clariel only wants to be left alone, “to become a Borderer, one of the wardens who patrolled the forests and woods of the kingdom,” But unfortunately for her, she is also a close relative of the aging ruler of the Old Kingdom, as well as the Abhorsen, the kingdom’s master of lawful Charter Magic, who must keep both the Dead and the Wild Magic in their places. Clariel soon becomes a pawn in the political machinations of both her mother and the ambitious guildmaster Kilp, who controls the capital city, Belisaere. Worse, she discovers that her occasionally violent temper may itself have dire (and magical) consequences for her future. Between striking characters—from the heroic if not entirely competent young Abhorsen-in-Waiting, Belatiel, to the enigmatic, catlike Mogget—and Nix’s brilliantly complex magic system, this superb tale is exactly the book fans of the series have been awaiting. Ages 13–up. Agent: Jill Grinberg, Jill Grinberg Literary Management.

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     September 1, 2014
     Six centuries before the events of Sabriel (rev. 1/97), Lirael (rev. 7/01), and Abhorsen (rev. 3/03), circumstances in the Old Kingdom are vastly different: the addled king refuses to rule; the Abhorsen neglects his duty to fight the resurrected dead; and treacherous Governor Kilp presides over capitol city Belisaere. Seventeen-year-old Clariel (who is related to both the royal and Abhorsen families, and thus a distant ancestor of Sabriel and Lirael), feeling claustrophobic in the bustling capitol, wants nothing more than to live in the Great Forest--until Kilp murders her parents and abducts Clariel to establish her as a puppet queen. Clariel's grief and fury get the best of her, leading her into a devil's deal for revenge with manipulative cat-creature Mogget (a mainstay character of the other novels) and two sinister Free Magic beings. This prequel is a tonal departure; Clariel is both less likable and less noble-minded than her heroic kinswomen, and this is not a story of selflessly protecting the kingdom but rather of the protagonist's unwitting, gradual corruption. Series fans anticipating answers about Clariel's transformation from duped young woman into powerful necromancer Chlorr of the Mask (or about Mogget's own story) will not get them here: Nix writes in his author's note, "As to what [Clariel] did in the intervening years...who can say?" But those same fans will treasure this long-awaited opportunity to return to a much-loved world, built with as much originality and richness as ever. katie bircher

     (Copyright 2014 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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     The long-awaited prequel to Garth Nix’s ‘Old Kingdom’ series (Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen) is going to make a lot of readers very, very happy. After her mother is promoted to the prestigious position of High Goldsmith, Clariel is forced to move from her forest home to the bustling capital Belisaere. Her mother’s new status means that Clariel is expected to behave herself, but she has no plans to marry well and live quietly—more than anything, she wants to join the Forest Borderers. But politics are treacherous in Belisaere, and when Clariel finds herself in the middle of a plot that brings her world crashing down, she must put her plans aside and draw on her own inner strength to survive. With the rich world Nix created in Sabriel, it’s hardly a surprise that he has returned to the Old Kingdom in Clariel. This is a gripping read that is perfect for lovers of dark fantasy aged 12 and up. It can also be read as a stand-alone novel, so if you need proof of why Nix is one of Australia’s most beloved fantasy authors, Clariel is a good place to start.  

     Holly Harper is an author and children’s bookseller at Readings Carlton

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