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Terciel and Elinor

By Garth Nix
Series: THE OLD KINGDOM
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Terciel and Elinor by Garth Nix is a captivating prequel to the acclaimed Old Kingdom series. It follows the lives of Terciel, a young necromancer, and Elinor, a determined girl with a mysterious past, as they navigate a world of magical danger and destiny. Their separate journeys intertwine as they confront an ancient evil threatening their realm, exploring themes of friendship, courage, and self-discovery.
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You might enjoy this book if you are drawn to tales of young adults navigating a world filled with magic and danger. Fans of fantasy realms will appreciate the intricate world-building and the development of two characters with intertwined destinies. It's perfect for readers who enjoy thrilling adventures combined with personal growth and strong, vivid storytelling.

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Terciel and Elinor


Terciel has been plucked from a life of poverty to learn his destiny as Abhorsen-in-Waiting and master of the bells, and of the Dead. Elinor sits behind closed walls, safe from the magical Old Kingdom ... or so she thinks. Soon these two will meet each other, and their destiny. A magical prequel in Garth Nix's masterful Old Kingdom series.

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SHORT-LISTED CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers

SHORT-LISTED Aurealis Awards, Best Young Adult Fiction

SHORT-LISTED Locus Awards, Best Young Adult Fiction

Beware the wind from the North!

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.

'There is no joy like returning to the Old Kingdom.' - LEIGH BARDUGO, New York Times bestselling author of Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows

'[A] series of books by Garth Nix that I'm very into.' - MARGOT ROBBIE

Series: THE OLD KINGDOM

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Terciel and Elinor is praised by Nix fans and described as "pure gold" by Stefen Brazulaitis. The Old Kingdom series itself is highly acclaimed for its masterful world-building and compelling characters, celebrated by authors like Leigh Bardugo and Sarah J. Maas, highlighting its influence and originality in the fantasy genre.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760878818

Publisher: A&U Children's

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 November 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: A&U Children

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 504g

Pages: 416

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Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Garth Nix Series: THE OLD KINGDOM Young Adult

About the Author

Garth Nix has been a full-time writer since 2001, but has also worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve. Garth's books include the Old Kingdom fantasy series, the Keys to the Kingdom series, and the Troubletwisters and Have Sword Will Travel series co-written with Sean Williams. Standalone novels include Frogkisser! which is being developed as a film by Fox/Disney, Angel Mage, and The Left-Handed Booksellers of London. His short fiction includes more than 60 published stories, some of them collected in Across the Wall and To Hold the Bridge. More than six million copies of Garth's books have been sold around the world, they have appeared on the bestseller lists of The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, The Bookseller and others, and his work has been translated into 42 languages. He has won multiple Aurealis Awards, an ABIA, the Ditmar Award, the Mythopoeic Award, CBCA Honour Book, and has been shortlisted for the Locus Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award and others.

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