About Sabriel
Sent to a boarding school in Ancelstierre as a young child, Sabriel has had little experience with the random power of Free Magic or the Dead who refuse to stay dead in the Old Kingdom. But during her final semester, her father, the Abhorsen, goes missing, and Sabriel knows she must enter the Old Kingdom to find him.
With Sabriel, the first installment in the Abhorsen series, Garth Nix exploded onto the fantasy scene as a rising star, in a novel that takes readers to a world where the line between the living and the dead isn’t always clear—and sometimes disappears altogether.
- Complete Title: Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
- Format: Mass Market Paperback
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 491
- Publication Time: September 30, 1996
- Publisher: Harper Collins
- ISBN: 0064471837
- ISBN13: 9780064471831
About Garth Nix
Garth Nix
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 an Assault Pioneer platoon for four years. Garth left publishing to work as a public relations and marketing consultant from 1994-1997, till he became a full-time writer in 1998. He did that for a year before joining Curtis Brown Australia as a part-time literary agent in 1999. In January 2002 Garth went back to dedicated writer again, despite his belief that full-time writing explains the strange behaviour of many authors.
He now lives in Sydney with his wife, two sons and lots of books.
Reviews Sabriel
I picked this book up from the library and noticed stickers on the book declaring that it was part of a reading challenge here in NSW for grades 7-8.”This book is acceptable to read for 12-13 year old…
Kat Kennedy
3.5 stars
Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was.
Sabriel and her father have a very unique brand of magic. They can communicate with the dead and th…
Miranda Reads
1.5 strasznie mi przykro :(…
zuza_zaksiazkowane
Adding this to my “would have loved this as a kid but sadly I’m not one anymore” list.Will donate my copy to a small little library so it will find a good home…
Emily (Books with Emily Fox on Youtube)
3.5…
Regan
UPDATE: $1.99 Kindle US 8/22/19 Tim Curry rocks the narration 😊💕
“Yes,” said Abhorsen. “I am a necromancer, but not of the common kind. where others of the art raise the dead, I lay them back…
Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin
Have you read this series? If your answer is no, well, stop reading this and do that instead.These books endure in my mind. I still remember the feeling of reading them for the first time, and getting…
Veronica Roth
Sabriel (The Old Kingdom #1), Garth NixFirst published in 1995. It is the first in his Abhorsen (Old Kingdom) series, followed by Lirael, Abhorsen, and Goldenhand. The novel is set in two neighboring…
Ahmad Sharabiani
i read this entire story about sabriels journey and i honestly couldnt tell you one thing about her, other than shes a necromancer of a sort (which is a fact thats given in the synopsis).this book doe…