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Garth Nix

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Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia, to the sound of the Salvation Army band outside playing 'Hail the Conquering Hero Comes' or possibly 'Roll Out the Barrel'. Garth left Melbourne at an early age for Canberra (the federal capital) and stayed there till he was nineteen, when he left to drive around the UK in a beat-up Austin with a boot full of books and a Silver-Reed typewriter.

Despite a wheel literally falling off the Austin, Garth survived to return to Australia and study at the University of Canberra. After finishing his degree in 1986 he worked in a bookshop, then as a book publicist, a publisher's sales representative, and editor. Along the way he was also a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve, serving in ...more

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GOLDENHAND eArc is a partial

If you have the e-ARC it's a partial, but unfortunately it wasn't labelled as such. I don't know how many chapters it included since I haven't seen it myself. The actual book has 40 chapters plus prologue and epilogue and doesn't end on any cliffhangers :-)

Also my apologies for my very rare visits here at Goodreads. I just don't have time to keep up with all social media, write books, spend time w Read more of this blog post »

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	Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 201,467 ratings — published 1995 — 137 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 120,782 ratings — published 2003 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lirael (Abhorsen, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 115,295 ratings — published 2001 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 37,487 ratings — published 2003 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drowned Wednesday (The Keys to the Kingdom, #3) 3.87 avg rating — 26,345 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grim Tuesday (The Keys to the Kingdom, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 26,011 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clariel (Abhorsen, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 25,771 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sir Thursday (The Keys to the Kingdom, #4) 3.96 avg rating — 22,569 ratings — published 2006 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Friday (The Keys to the Kingdom, #5) 3.93 avg rating — 22,176 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goldenhand (Abhorsen, #5) 4.10 avg rating — 15,806 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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