Garth Nix 
Terciel & Elinor – The Old Kingdom 1 
The newest adventure in the bestselling Old Kingdom series

One of the greatest living fantasy writers . . . I will never get enough of the Old Kingdom’ ? Sarah J. Maas




DISCOVER THE INTERNATIONAL SMASH HIT FANTASY SERIES FROM AWARD WINNING AUTHOR GARTH NIX



In a land where the dead will not stay dead, eighteen-year-old orphan Terciel is learning to wield a mighty and terrible power: necromancy.



For he is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, the latest in a ancient line of necromancers tasked with protecting the Old Kingdom and preventing the Dead from crossing over to the realm of the living.



Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, where magic does not usually work, Elinor, nineteen, lives a secluded life. But when destiny intervenes, she finds herself on a path to love, danger, and an adventure into the dominion of the dead…



She does not know that she is deeply connected to the Old Kingdom until destiny places her on a path of magic, romance and a fight against the Dead who will not stay dead.




The Old Kingdom awaits in Terciel & Elinor, the eagerly awaited prequel to Garth Nix’s iconic fantasy classic Sabriel.




‘One of the greatest living fantasy writers . . . I will never get enough of the Old Kingdom’ – Sarah J. Maas




‘There is no joy like returning to the Old Kingdom . . . Nix sets the standard for fantasy’ – Leigh Bardugo




‘Passionate, compelling, and teeming with the fantastic, the story of Elinor and Terciel – a prequel to Nix’s beloved Old Kingdom classics – will charm new readers and thrill longtime fans.’ – Cassandra Clare




‘A fantasy that reads like realism. Here is a world with the same solidity and four-dimensional authority as our own, created with invention, clarity and intelligence’ – Phillip Pullman

About the author

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