Sabriel
by Garth Nix (Fiction/Fantasy)
"He
paused in mid-stride, boots crashing, and his eyes once again looked
at the bells, and the whiteness of Sabriel's skin, stark against the
black of her hair, black as the bitumen under her feet." (Pg 43)
(Bitumen-the
natural oily byproduct of decomposed organic materials, also known as
asphalt or tar.)
Garth
Nix is a best-selling author, over 5 million of his books have been
sold and they have also been translated into 40 languages. He was
born in Australia and lives there with his wife and two children. He
has worked in various publishing and book related careers, and even
served in the Australian Army Reserves, but is now a full-time
author. He was writing 'zombie' books before they were cool or
popular. Nix is the author of the YA Old Kingdom series of
fantasy books: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen and Clariel.
He has also written two science fiction novels; Shade's Children
and A Confusion of Princes. Newt's Emerald is described
as a romance with magic. His YA Keys to the Kingdom series
include Mister Monday, Grim Tuesday, Drowned Wednesday, etc.
He has also written for the children's Spirit Animals Series, and
penned novellas with stories that take place in his fantasy worlds
(To Hold the Bridge, Across the Wall). I have not read them
all, just the Old Kingdom series so far. Of that series I think Lirael
has become my favorite series book, and the disreputable dog is one of my
favorite characters ever in a book (introduced in Lirael). I
have read Sabriel twice so far.
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| Fan art rendering of the character Lirael (from the book with the same name) with the "disreputable dog", another character in the book, from the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix. |
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| Author Garth Nix holding two framed pictures of book cover art from his Old Kingdom fantasy series which includes the books Sabriel and Lirael. |
