Terciel and Elinor
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Garth Nix
"In the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, eighteen-year-old orphan Terciel learns the art of necromancy from his great-aunt Tizanael. But not to raise the Dead, rather to lay them to rest. He is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, and Tizanael is the Abhorsen, the latest in a long line of people whose task it is to make sure the Dead do not return to Life. Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, a steam-age country where magic usually does not work, nineteen-year-old Elinor lives a secluded life, her only friends an old governess and an even older groom who was once a famous circus performer. Her mother is a tyrant, who is feared by all despite her sickness and impending death, but perhaps there is even more to fear from that. Elinor does not know she is deeply connected to the Old Kingdom, nor that magic can sometimes come across the Wall, until a plot by an ancient enemy of the Abhorsens brings Terciel and Tizanael to Ancelstierre. In a single day of fire and death and loss, Elinor finds herself set on a path which will take her into the Old Kingdom, into Terciel's life, and will embroil her in the struggle of the Abhorsens against the Dead who will not stay dead."--Publisher.
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Author
Garth Nix
Pages
416
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Published Date
2023-05-30
ISBN
1761069977 9781761069970
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"Another exciting adventure in the Old Kingdom. I won't spoiler too much at the outset but the development of the relationship between Terciel and Elinor is sweet and needed as a contrast to the dark times of the interregnum. I would have like more kitty Mogget and time in the river of death, which is an intriguing realm for me, but getting to visit and explore Wyverly and the house were very satisfying.<br/>I especially appreciate Nix going out of his way to emphasize consent and safer sex in a YA novel even as it didn't go into too many racy details. This matters to me and would have been very important to me as a teen girl taking cues from my heroines. That Terciel took responsibility for this too was so important in setting expectations on how to be loved and cared for.<br/>I can see him fleshing these characters out to show Sabriel as their daughter, a mix of their gravitas, capability, and interests. It kind of retroactively knits together a family divided by loss in a way that is very healing, despite their ends and provides a snapshot of intergenerational struggle against the significant odds they face in-turn and together. 10/10 will definitely read again. Thank you Mr. Nix for another excellent page turner."
Bridget Anne
