Abhorsen: The Old Kingdom 4 (Old Kingdom, #3)

by Garth Nix

The fourth incredible installment of Garth Nix's bestselling OLD KINGDOM fantasy series, perfect for fans of His Dark Materials or Game of Thrones

Besieged on all sides, Lirael, Sameth and the Disreputable Dog are in for the fight of their lives. Chlorr of the Mask, under the control of the enormously powerful Necromancer Hedge, is determined to free Orannis the Destroyer - the greatest and most powerful Free Magic creature in the history of the Old Kingdom.

Only Lirael, newly come into her inheritance as the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, and only just beginning to understand her powers as a Remembrancer, has any chance of stopping the Destroyer - although she has no idea how. To make matters worse, Sameth's best friend, Nick, seems to be helping the Destroyer, and there has been no word from the Abhorsen Sabriel or King Touchstone for days.

With only a vision from the Clayr to guide her, and the rather mixed help of her companions, Lirael must search in both Life and Death for some means to defeat the Destroyer. The Old Kingdom - and the world - is depending on her...

• ISBN10: 1471409678
• ISBN13: 9781471409677
• Publish Date: 3 September 2020 (first published 7 January 2003)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Hot Key Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 448
• 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.