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After receiving a cryptic message from her father, Abhorsen, a necromancer trapped in Death, 18-year-old Sabriel sets off into the Old Kingdom. Fraught with peril and deadly trickery, her journey takes her to a world filled with parasitical spirits, Mordicants, and Shadow Hands. Unlike other necromancers, who raise the dead, Abhorsen lays the disturbed dead back to rest. This obliges him--and now Sabriel, who has taken on her father's title and duties--to slip over the border into the icy river of Death, sometimes battling the evil forces that lurk there, waiting for an opportunity to escape into the realm of the living. Desperate to find her father, and grimly determined to help save the Old Kingdom from destruction by the horrible forces of the evil undead, Sabriel endures almost impossible exhaustion, violent confrontations, and terrifying challenges to her supernatural abilities--and her destiny.

Garth Nix delves deep into the mystical underworld of necromancy, magic, and the monstrous undead. This tale is not for the faint of heart; imbedded in the classic good-versus-evil story line are subplots of grisly ghouls hungry for human life to perpetuate their stay in the world of the living, and dark, devastating secrets of betrayal and loss. Just try to put this book down. For more along this line, try Nix's later novel: Shade's Children. (Ages 12 and older) --Emilie Coulter



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Sabriel is her last year at Wyverley College, a private school in Ancelstierre, where Magic does not work, but near the Border with the Old Kingdom, where it does. She and her father are also highly skilled necromancers, who fight the dead who seek to return to Life. But when her father is somehow trapped in Death, she must journey into the Old Kingdom to find him. She does not know that it is wracked by struggle (like that in Ursula LeGuin's The Farthest Shore)-a magician has brought chaos by refusing to die and hopes to use Sabriel and her father to further consolidate his power. Sabriel goes on a long journey throughout a densely imagined world, learning as she goes, and meeting such strange characters as Mogget, a raging natural force contained in the shape of a cat. She also develops a relationship with Touchstone, a young man who turns out to be as crucially involved as she is. Although Sabriel is possessed of much heavy knowledge ("A year ago, I turned the final page of The Book of the Dead. I don't feel young any more"), she is still a teenager and vulnerable where her father and love for Touchstone are concerned, making her a sympathetic heroine. Rich, complex, involving, hard to put down, this first novel, an Australian import, is excellent high fantasy. The suitably climactic ending leaves no loose ends, but readers will hope for a sequel. Ages 12-up.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, Jun 13 2008
This review is from: Sabriel (Paperback)
The first thing that hit me when I finished reading this book was that I should have read it much sooner. I'd been meaning to read it for the past six or seven years but never quite getting around to it--and that was a mistake. In SABRIEL, Garth Nix introduces the reader to a compelling fantasy world that comes alive through the actions of the title character and others.

The Old Kingdom is a place of magic, both Charter magic, wielded by those with some connection to the ancient Charter that bound magic to benevolent purposes, and Free Magic, the creatures that escaped the binding and defy the Charter. Free Magic is also used by necromancers desiring to defy the Charter by animating dead bodies. Only one person, the Abhorsen, combines use of Charter and Free Magic for the purpose of returning dead spirits to their final rest and dead bodies to their graves. As the Abhorsen's daughter, and herself Abhorsen-in-Waiting, Sabriel must learn how to use the Abhorsen's tools to venture into Death and bind destructive spirits so they cannot cause harm to others.

However, things in the Old Kingdom are becoming more and more dangerous by the minute, and as a result Sabriel grows up in Ancelstierre, the Old Kingdom's southern neighbor, close enough to the border that she is able to learn and practice Charter Magic, but far enough removed that she is ignorant of the customs and traditions of her home country. The story begins when eighteen-year-old Sabriel, about to finish preparatory school in Ancelstierre, receives a messenger from her father, carrying the bells and sword of the Abhorsen, a signal that he is in danger and requires her help. Sabriel must cross over into the Old Kingdom, a place she knows little about, and somehow find a way to save her father from whatever fate has befallen him before his spirit is pulled too far into Death. Along the way, she meets a fickle magical spirit in the form of a talking cat named Mogget, the traditional helpmeet of a long line of Abhorsens, and a former Royal Guard called Touchstone who has been frozen in the form of a ship's figurehead for the past two hundred years. Together, Sabriel, Mogget, and Touchstone journey through the Old Kingdom as they learn more about the necromancer who has tried to kill Sabriel's father and who will wreak destruction upon the land on both sides of the border if they cannot stop him.

Nix's writing is lean and easy to read, creating characters whose thoughts are clear and whose motives are intensely human. The relationship that develops between Sabriel and Touchstone is emotionally real and rich, and I enjoyed reading about all of their interactions. Even secondary characters are detailed and have personalities of their own. I was also impressed by Nix's concept of magic, which is deeper and more textured than the point-and-spell world of Harry Potter or countless other similar stories (although this book will certainly appeal to fans of the former class of fantasy). In the Old Kingdom, performing magic depends upon a deep knowledge of the required Charter marks, and in Sabriel's case, upon her mastery of the seven bells that assist the necromancer's trade by helping command the dead. This book is truly original--I have not seen anything like it before.

Reviewed by: Candace Cunard
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Gripping Tale, Aug 13 2007
By Tina of the North (Calgary, AB CAN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sabriel Adult Ed (Paperback)
An amazing book that kept me in continual suspense. It's a great read for those who like a little (and I do mean very little) bit of romance mixed in with a lot of adventure and fantasy. It felt like I was playing a RPG game so all in all it is a book I'd suggest to anyone and everyone. It's worth trying out.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The heroine Sabriel was great., Dec 30 2006
By Mundoo (Hindmarsh Island, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sabriel (Mass Market Paperback)
I really enjoyed this book. I haven't read anything before by this Australian author Garth Nix and I thoroughly enjoyed the story. The story was believable and when I got to the last chapter and the action was still happening and the outcome not yet defined I didn't want to read it quickly as I didn't want the story to end. The characters and scenery were drawn well and very believable for a fantasy world and story. The heroine Sabriel was great.
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5.0 out of 5 stars WHOOOOWEEE!!
this book was too good for any formal title heh =)

"Sabriel" is a book beyond belief! If you haven't read a good book in a while or ever read a good book,... Read more

Published on Jul 18 2005 by FreeToRhyme

5.0 out of 5 stars I can Never forget this Book
It's been 10 years since I read this book -- and I still can't stop thinking about it. Before the times of Harry Potter and the re-introduction of Lord of the Rings -- I had read... Read more
Published on April 26 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars "Five Stars" are not enough.
Five stars are not enough. I'd give it a thousand if I could! But since I am limited to only five, I suppose five will have to do. Read more
Published on Jan 22 2005 by ghina

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
I really loved this book.It was exelent with all the myterious characters like Touchstone,it's an awesome adventure with many twists and new challenges for Sabriel to overcome. Read more
Published on Jan 22 2005 by 12-year-old book worm

5.0 out of 5 stars Not another dumb fantasy book...
I am a big fan of fantasy and read a lot of it. After a while, so many of them run together; they all seem to have a similar plot line, similar magical insturments ect... Read more
Published on Dec 9 2004 by Kim

5.0 out of 5 stars Sabriel
I love the creativity that Garth Nix uses in the abhorsen series. Truely a great read, excellent thought and style in this book. Read more
Published on Sep 22 2004 by Kalvyn

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Fantasy
Sabriel is the kind of fantasy book that glues your hands to the book. It draws you in further and further as the plot undergoes bumps, surprises, and spectacular twists. Read more
Published on Jul 19 2004 by Michael

1.0 out of 5 stars (vomiting) if only there was 0 stars
This book got really good reviews so i thought, "humm this must be a worth while book." Oh, how wrong was I. The plot gets sluggish and lame and really predictable. Read more
Published on Jul 18 2004 by Sochele Sanchez

3.0 out of 5 stars A page turner without much literary merit
First, the good news:

This book is very hard to put down. The suspense never lets up.

It's also quite creative in its own way. Read more

Published on Jul 13 2004 by Anne B.

5.0 out of 5 stars a great read
I love a book that you can't put down. This is definately one of those books, and I am looking forwards to reading the rest of the trilogy.
Published on Jul 11 2004 by Cory

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