Abhorsen (Old Kingdom, #3)

by Garth Nix

Abhorsen-In-Waiting Lirael and Prince Sameth, a Wallmaker, must confront and bind the evil spirit Oranis before it can destroy all life.

• ISBN10: 0060528737
• ISBN13: 9780060528737
• Publish Date: 20 January 2004 (first published 7 January 2003)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 18 October 2011
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Eos
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 518
• Language: English

Reviews

[smartflutist661]

We finally learn more about the Beginning and the formation of the Charter. Mogget and Dog shine. We see the entirety of Death-the-boundary. And there’s a climactic final battle with noble deeds, decision, and sacrifice. I’m not sure what more you could ask.

[ladygrey]

I think I liked this better than [b:Lirael|47624|Lirael Daughter of the Clayr (Abhorsen, #2)|Garth Nix|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266458951s/47624.jpg|2067752] because the action finally started to come together and people came into themselves and their powers so it was more interesting.
Ideally, I think I'd like for them to have been published as a single book since they really are so much of a single story. Even if that would be a very long book.

At first, I really disliked how the book opened, but I'd absolved him of it by the end. A little bit I felt like it ended too abruptly. Mostly just because I wanted to know more; how things came together in the aftermath and who people were or became and, I just wanted more.

The Dead were really disturbing but I loved that he didn't go into excessive detail so it could be dark without being grim or really awful to read.

Overall, there were a lot of things I liked, and I liked the characters more thoroughly than in [b:Lirael|47624|Lirael Daughter of the Clayr (Abhorsen, #2)|Garth Nix|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266458951s/47624.jpg|2067752]. [a:Garth Nix|8347|Garth Nix|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1207583754p2/8347.jpg]'s greatest strength is really the world he's built which is fascinating and powerful and I'd totally read more about adventures within it.