Dark Secrets, Deep Love, and Dangerous Magic

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. She soon finds companions in Mogget, a cat whose aloof manner barely conceals its malevolent spirit, and Touchstone, a young Charter Mage long imprisoned by magic, now free in body but still trapped by painful memories.

As the three travel deep into the Old Kingdom, threats mount on all sides. And every step brings them closer to a battle that will pit them against the true forces of life and death—and bring Sabriel face-to-face with her own destiny.

“Sabriel is a winner, a fantasy that reads like realism. Here is a world with the same solidity and four-dimensional authority as our own, created with invention, clarity and intelligence.” —Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials trilogy

• A Unique Magic System: Wield the seven magical bells of a necromancer, each with a different power over the border between life and death.
• Coming of Age Fantasy: Follow a young woman’s journey from a sheltered boarding school to a powerful protector of the living, forced to confront her family’s dark and dangerous legacy.
• Epic World-Building: Cross the magical Wall into the Old Kingdom, a land where the Dead refuse to stay buried and Free Magic seeps from the very soil.
• Unforgettable Characters: Travel with mysterious companions, including Mogget, an ancient and powerful being bound in the form of a cat, and Touchstone, a charter mage trapped by the past.