false 334643 28 The Ninth was strong<br> and fought with might,<br> But lone Orannis<br> was put out of the light,<br> Broken in two<br> and buried under hill,<br> Forever to lie there,<br> wishing us ill.<br> <p> 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. </p> <p> 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. </p> <p> 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. </p> <p> 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. </p> <p> Before it is too late. . . . </p> 2339177 book 1 2003 Abhorsen (The Abhorsen Trilogy, #3) total:4898|5:2199|4:1870|3:704|2:116|1:9| 4898 20828 6036 279 4 3 false true Sun Sep 02 14:21:59 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 12 00:32:29 -0800 2008 - Rushed narrative at times; plot issues; character development subsumed by action; multiple points of view, often lapsing into exposition, which also increases the reader’s emotional distance

The third of the...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 13:43:33 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 23:00:33 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Apr 03 08:18:30 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 03 08:18:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 15:34:24 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 11:00:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 16:33:06 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 16:24:33 -0700 2008 Lirael, Abhorsen picks up in the middle of the action, as Lirael and Sam get ready to face what lies ahead. They know they need to rescue Sam's friend Nick, but they have no clue as to the Evils they will face on the way. Through turmoil and heartache the two must...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Sep 09 22:17:07 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 22:19:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 17:18:55 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 16:34:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 15:09:57 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 10:16:04 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 09:17:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 17:44:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 09:38:57 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 15:34:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 21:52:11 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 10:21:19 -0700 2009 the most well written ending I've ever read. There was elegant character development, too. Even Mogget got more interesting in this one. I think this is what happened: the whole trilogy was so sad and depressing that the happy ending didn't seem corny, even though...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 13 02:00:02 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 23:10:30 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 02:00:02 -0700 2009 Garth Nix

The conclusion to the Abhorsen trilogy does a wonderful job of ending the series. Not only does it wrap up the battle against the Destroyer, but it also opens up whole new story possibilities. We can all tell that there are a lot more Old Kingdom stories out ther...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 20:48:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 07:49:25 -0700 2009
In the prologue, Sabriel and Touchstone are victims of an assassination plot in Ancelstierre. They've been trying to prevent hundreds of thousands of refugees from being sent to the Old Kingdom. The fear is that these refugees...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 14:49:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 14:52:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 06:47:26 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 06:51:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 06:00:09 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 13:17:47 -0700 2009 Lirael Daughter of the Clayr, so I'm reviewing them both here.

This one-book-in-two-volumes was a bit disappointing after Sabriel, which I found to be both creative and fairly compelling. By contrast, this story is much more ru...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Jun 25 18:25:29 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 18:28:09 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 00:37:37 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 21:30:19 -0700 2009 1
I have loved the Abhorsen Trilogy and have read it in a relatively short period of time. The third in the series does not disappoint at all. It was great from beginning to end.

Huh. I honestly have nothing n...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 23:12:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 00:23:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 07:57:27 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 05:32:31 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=334643