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SHORTLISTED Aurealise Awards, Best Young Adult Fiction
SHORTLISTED Locus Awards, Best Young Adult Fiction

Beware the wind from the North!

In the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, eighteen-year-old orphan Terciel learns the art of necromancy from his great-aunt Tizanael. But not to raise the Dead, rather to lay them to rest. He is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, and Tizanael is the Abhorsen, the latest in a long line of people whose task it is to make sure the Dead do not return to Life.

Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, a steam-age country where magic usually does not work, nineteen-year-old Elinor lives a secluded life, her only friends an old governess and an even older groom who was once a famous circus performer. Her mother is a tyrant, who is feared by all despite her sickness and impending death . . . but perhaps there is even more to fear from that.

Elinor does not know she is deeply connected to the Old Kingdom, nor that magic can sometimes come across the Wall, until a plot by an ancient enemy of the Abhorsens brings Terciel and Tizanael to Ancelstierre. In a single day of fire and death and loss, Elinor finds herself set on a path which will take her into the Old Kingdom, into Terciel's life, and will embroil her in the struggle of the Abhorsens against the Dead who will not stay dead.

'There is no joy like returning to the Old Kingdom.' - Leigh Bardugo, New York Times bestselling author of Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows", "product_description": "", "author_bio": "Garth Nix has been a full-time writer since 2001, but has also worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve.


Garth's books include the Old Kingdom fantasy series: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel, Goldenhand, and Terciel and Elinor; SF novels Shade's Children and A Confusion of Princes; fantasy novels Angel Mage; The Left-Handed Booksellers of London and sequel The Sinister Booksellers of Bath; and a Regency romance with magic, Newt's Emerald. His novels for children include The Ragwitch; the six books of The Seventh Tower sequence; The Keys to the Kingdom series and Frogkisser! His short fiction includes more than 65 published stories, some of them collected in Across the Wall and To Hold the Bridge.

He has also co-written several books with Sean Williams, including the Troubletwisters series; Spirit Animals Book Three: Blood Ties; Have Sword, Will Travel; and Let Sleeping Dragons Lie.
More than six million copies of Garth's books have been sold around the world, they have appeared on the bestseller lists of The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, The Bookseller and others; and his work has been translated into 42 languages. He has won multiple Aurealis Awards, the ABIA Award, Ditmar Award, the Mythopoeic Award, CBCA Honour Book, and has been shortlisted for the Locus Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award and others. ", "table_of_contents": "", "sales_points": "Now in B-format

Bestselling author writing at the peak of his game - more than six million copies of Garth's books sold worldwide - The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (2020) was a Bookscan top 10 YA title for 13 weeks running

Prequel to Garth Nix's fantasy masterwork Sabriel - over one million copies sold worldwide - tells the story of Sabriel's parents.

In the chronological world of the hugely successful Old Kingdom series this comes after Clariel (2014) and before Sabriel (1995)

Will appeal to adult fantasy fans as well as YA readers

Dedicated website featuring additional content for the series: www.oldkingdom.com.au

Shortlisted 2022 CBCA Book of the Year - Older Readers", "quotes": "Praise for Terciel and Elinor:

'Nix fans will definitely want to snap this one up ... Pure gold.' - Stefen Brazulaitis, Bookseller & Publisher
Praise for The Old Kingdom:

'There is no joy like returning to the Old Kingdom. Once again, Nix sets the standard for fantasy, bringing us a tale full of old friends and new enemies, gruesome monsters, and heroines of wit, will, and imagination.' (Leigh Bardugo, New York Times bestselling author of Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows)

'Goldenhand reaffirms why Nix is a master of the genre: his exquisitely detailed world-building is unparalleled, and his characters are so tremendously alive and compelling that I'm convinced there's Charter Magic in every word.' (Sarah J. Maas, author of the best-selling Throne of Glass series)

'Garth Nix is one of the best worldbuilders in fantasy, and this book is merely further proof. I love the Old Kingdom series, and Goldenhand is an excellent continuation, packed with the excitement and passion of a storytelling virtuoso at the height of his abilities.' (Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn trilogy, Warbreaker, The Alloy of Law, The Way of Kings, Rithmatist, and Steelheart.)

'Beautifully written, magnificently imagined, and wholly original.' \u2500 Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Cruel Prince and The Wicked King

'Garth Nix's Old Kingdom books have influenced a generation of fantasy writers.' \u2500 Cassandra Clare, New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Artifices trilogy", "key_note_blurb": "
Terciel has been plucked from a life of poverty to learn his destiny as Abhorsen-in-Waiting and master of the bells, and of the Dead. Elinor sits behind closed walls, safe from the magical Old Kingdom ... or so she thinks. Soon these two will meet each other, and their destiny. A magical prequel in Garth Nix's masterful Old Kingdom series. ", "keywords": "Old Kingdom;Sabriel;Lirael;Abhorsen;fantasy;necromancy;unique magic system;strong female lead;dual point of view;complex world building;magical cat;dark fantasy;magic weapons;swordplay;zombies;undead;death;romance", "acq_notes": "MTG 10/11/2022
Age range: \t14 - 99
RRP: \t\t$14.99
Format: B PB

Quantities
Trade Sub:\u202f\t1000 - 1500
Export:\t\tANZ only
ASO: \t\t0
Lamont:\t0
Aspirational qty: 6000
Channels: Indies, Chains and Online


Cover/Title: No changes.
Keynote/Blurb/Sales Points:
- Keynote \u2013 tone down the returns and sequel mentions. As it works as a standalone, focus more as a standalone in the Old Kingdom world
- Mention CBCA shortlisting
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Reading copies/Dummies: N
Pack: N
POS: N
Advertising: Minimal
Education Marketing: Minimal
Publicity: Minimal
Author Meeting: N
Metadata/Pre-orders: As usual
Ebook (for rejackets, reformats or anniversary eds): Update ebook cover
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