![]() ![]() The Abhorsen is gone and so is the balance of life and death.Īs the Abhorsen’s daughter, it is Sabriel’s job to right the balance and restore order - but she fears she is too inexperienced to fill her father’s shoes. There is no law and the people live in fear of the Dead - corpses, spirits and demons animated by necromancy. Ever since the slaughter of the Royal Family two hundred years ago, the kingdom has been ruled by anarchy. Sabriel soon realizes that the Old Kingdom is not the place of her childhood memories. ![]() When she receives a desperate message for help from her father, she has to leave Ancelstierre, cross the Border, and venture into the Old Kingdom to find and rescue him - if she can avoid falling into the same trap. But an ordinary education cannot prepare Sabriel for life across the Wall. ![]() Eighteen years later, Sabriel is a mature young woman excellent in Fencing, competent at Etiquette and top of her class in Magic. The Abhorsen names his daughter Sabriel and sends her away from the Old Kingdom, across the Wall to the “modern” country of Ancelstierre. As the Abhorsen, it is his duty to keep the balance between Life and Death. On a cold night in the Old Kingdom, a baby is born dead - and resurrected by her father, a necromancer. ![]()
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