Garth Nix 
Mister Monday: The Keys to the Kingdom 1 

Out-of-this-world magical adventure series for teens from the award-winning,
New York Times bestselling author of Sabriel and the Old Kingdom series



Seven days. Seven keys. One very unlikely hero.



Arthur Penhaligon is a normal teenage boy, trying to fit in at school. But when he suffers a serious asthma attack, his life is unexpectedly saved by two strange characters who appear out of nowhere – and a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock.



Arthur’s life may have been saved, but his world is in danger. An incurable epidemic is spreading throughout the country, and his foster mother, a scientist, is desperately trying to help find the cure. And it is not long before Arthur realises that a chilling person named Mister Monday will stop at nothing to get the key back from Arthur…



Arthur will need to enter the mysterious house that has appeared in town – a house that only he can see. Maybe there he can unravel the secrets of the key – and at the same time find the cure to help the epidemic in his own world…

Über den Autor

Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia. A full-time writer since 2001, he has 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 award-winning Old Kingdom fantasy novels; the six books of The Seventh Tower sequence; The Keys to the Kingdom series; and with Sean Williams, the Troubletwisters books and Spirit Animals: Blood Ties. He is also the author of Frogkisser! and other novels for younger children.More than six million copies of Garth’s books have been sold around the world and his work has been translated into 40 languages. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Follow Garth on twitter at @garthnix or at www.garthnix.com