Clariel (edition 2014)

by Nix Garth (Author)

Series: Old Kingdom (00.1)

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Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:The long-awaited fourth audiobook in the New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix. Award-winning author Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom with a thrilling prequel complete with dark magic, royalty, dangerous action, a strong heroine, and flawless world-building. This epic fantasy adventure is destined to be a classic, and is perfect for fans of Game of Thrones. Clariel is the daughter of one of the most notable families in the Old Kingdom, with blood relations to the Abhorsen and, most important, to the King. She dreams of living a simple life but discovers this is hard to achieve when a dangerous Free Magic creature is loose in the city, her parents want to marry her off to a killer, and there is a plot brewing against the old and withdrawn King Orrikan. When Clariel is drawn into the efforts to find and capture the creature, she finds hidden sorcery within herself, yet it is magic that carries great dangers. Can she rise above the temptation of power, escape the unwanted marriage, and save the King?… (more)

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Not quite the same magic as the first three, but still very well-written. (

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notoghostwood | Jan 3, 2025 |

Such a tragic story! (

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jennievh | Sep 18, 2024 |

Knowing what this character becomes later on makes her motivations and actions in this book so much sadder, but it was missing something that the earlier books had. Clariel had no personality and all she talked about was the Great Forest over and over again. Also nothing really happened except in the middle and towards the end. Nix's next book in the series seems like it will be 10x more interesting. (

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sweetimpact | Jan 18, 2024 |

While we were eager to spend more time in the world of the Abhorsen, and curious to know more about Clariel, knowing how she will eventually end up makes this book fairly dark from the get-go. Clariel tries so hard to escape various fates that seem to be laid out before her, but of course what she will eventually become is far darker than most of what she is running from.

Which made this book a bit of a tough hang for family story time. We all liked Clariel from the beginning, but the dark clouds are hanging low throughout. (

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greeniezona | May 12, 2023 |

Audio book. My favourite one of the series so far. Please keep this series alive! (

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zizabeph | May 7, 2023 |

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Old Kingdom (00.1)

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Clariel | To Hold the Bridge by Garth Nix

The Old Kingdom Collection: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel by Garth Nix

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Aurealis Award (Finalist – YA Novel – 2014)

Ditmar Award (Shortlist – Novel – 2015)

Great Lakes Great Books Award (Nominee – 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th Grade – 2016)

Locus Award (Finalist – Young Adult Novel – 2015)

Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (Nominee – 2016)

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VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (2014)

VOYA Perfect Ten (2014)

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Booklist Editors' Choice: Youth Audio (2015)

OYAN Book Rave (2015)

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To Anna, Thomas and Edward,
and all my family and friends
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to the memory of poet, kind-hearted
cynic and good friend
Andrew Etheridge
1963 - 2012

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Old Marrel the fisherman lived in one of the oddest parts of Belisaere, the ancient capital of the Old Kingdom.

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Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:The long-awaited fourth audiobook in the New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix.

Award-winning author Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom with a thrilling prequel complete with dark magic, royalty, dangerous action, a strong heroine, and flawless world-building. This epic fantasy adventure is destined to be a classic, and is perfect for fans of Game of Thrones.

Clariel is the daughter of one of the most notable families in the Old Kingdom, with blood relations to the Abhorsen and, most important, to the King. She dreams of living a simple life but discovers this is hard to achieve when a dangerous Free Magic creature is loose in the city, her parents want to marry her off to a killer, and there is a plot brewing against the old and withdrawn King Orrikan. When Clariel is drawn into the efforts to find and capture the creature, she finds hidden sorcery within herself, yet it is magic that carries great dangers. Can she rise above the temptation of power, escape the unwanted marriage, and save the King?

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