01835cam a2200301 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025019001300066020002300079035002100102035001200123040002900135042000900164082001500173100002300188245002700211260004800238300003800286490003300324500008400357520085100441586004501292586006501337653001501402655003201417655003001449800005401479232396220180918174024.0020926s2003 xnaab 000 f eng d1 a24110097 a1865087491c$24.95 9(AuCNLDY)3372052 a2323962 aANLbengcANLdVFRKdANL aanuc04aA823.32211 aNix, Garth,d1963-10aAbhorsen /cGarth Nix. aCrows Nest, N.S.W. :bAllen & Unwin,c2003. axi, 374 p. :bill., map ;c24 cm.1 aOld Kingdom trilogy ;vBk. 3 aNational Library of Australia's N copy signed by the author, 6 April 2018.5ANL1 a"Beneath the earth, a malignant force lies waiting, greedy for freedom from its ancient prison. As the Old Kingdom falls once more into a realm of darkness and terror, the people look desperately to the Abhorsen, the scourge of the Dead, to save them. Yet Abhorsen Sabriel is lost, missing in Ancelstierre. Only Lirael has any chance of stopping the Destroyer. With her companions Sameth, Mogget and the Disreputable Dog, she travels across the Old Kingdom in a race against time, battling Shadow Hands and dark necromancers to reach Ancelstierre before it is too late. But what hope can one young woman have against a terrible evil with the power to destroy life itself? This eagerly awaited conclusion to Garth Nix's extraordinary Sabriel and Lirael is a complex and vividly imagined story, powerful, terrifying and compelling." -- BOOK JACKET. aAurealis awards: Best fantasy novel 2003 aAurealis awards: Best young adult novel, 2003 (joint winner) aAustralian 7aYoung adult fiction.2lcsh. 7aFantastic fiction.2gsafd1 aNix, Garth,d1963-tOld Kingdom trilogy ;vBk. 3.