Series:

The Obernewtyn Chronicles

12 primary works • 20 total works

Book 1

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Obernewtyn

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 16 June 1994
The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Book One For Elspeth Gordie freedom is-like so much else after the Great White-a memory. It was a time known as the Age of Chaos. In a final explosive flash everything was destroyed. The few who survived banded together and formed a Council for protection. But people like Elspeth-mysteriously born with powerful mental abilities-are feared by the Council and hunted down like animals...to be destroyed. Her only hope for survival to is keep her power hidden. But is secrecy enough against the terrible power of the Council?

Book 2

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The Farseekers

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 14 July 1994
Since their takeover of Obernewtyn, the secret community of Misfits has flourished, protected by their remoteness. Believing they have time to marshal new forces before the inevitable confrontation with the totalitarian Council, they work hard to develop their forbidden mental abilities. But in the midst of plans to rescue a powerful Misfit in a distant part of the Land, it is foreseen by a futureteller that the fate of Obernewtyn is inextricably bound up in their quest.

Book 2

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Book 2

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Book 3

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Ashling

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 1 September 2001
Elspeth is sent to Sutrium, seat of the totalitarian Council that rules the Land, to seal an alliance between the secret Misfit community at Obernewtyn and rebel forces.




She undertakes the journey reluctantly as she has another task at hand: to find and destroy the dormant weaponmachines. Her journey takes her far beyond the borders of the Land and into the heart of the desert region of Sador, where she soon discovers just how much help she needs to complete both her quests!

Book 4

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The Keeping Place

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 3 December 2008
When a Misfit is kidnapped, Elspeth is compelled to join the growing rebellion against the Council, but while her extraordinary mental powers could topple the corrupt authoritarian regime she is more concerned about destroying the remaining Beforetime weaponmachines.

Book 4

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Book 5

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The Stone Key

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 1 January 2008
Friend becomes foe and trust is a thing of the past when the Misfits' most relentless enemy, on the cusp of ultimate revenge, turns Elspeth's world upside down.

Before it's too late, Elspeth must rescue a former ally whose mind and body have been manipulated to unleash a plague that will destroy all it touches.

Book 5

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Wavesong

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 1 December 2008
The rebellion has been a success; it has brought changes - changes that not everyone welcomes!

Captured by an old and vicious enemy, Elspeth Gordie is drawn into the heart of the Herder Faction, where she learns of a terrible plot that could threaten all that she has fought so hard to achieve.

Elspeth must risk everything, knowing that if she dies, she will never complete her quest to find the weaponmachines that destroyed the Beforetime.

But should she succeed, she could find the prized weaponmachines much sooner than she had hoped.

Book 5

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Wavesong Wavesong Wavesong

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 9 December 2008

Book 6

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The Sending

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 1 October 2011
The seventh book in the 'Obernewtyn' series follows the journey of Elspeth as she is finally called to set out on her fated quest to destroy the computermachines before they unleash a second apocalypse.

Book 6

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The Stone Key the Stone Key

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 9 December 2008

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The Dreamtrails

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 27 March 2012

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The Red Queen

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 1 November 2011

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The Rebellion

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 22 November 2011

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The Dark Road

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 28 May 2017

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"In the midst of planning a trip to the mysterious Red Land, Elspeth Gordie receives the long-awaited summons to leave all she loves and begin her final quest"--

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The Seeker

by Isobelle Carmody

Published 26 July 2011

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