{"product_id":"terciel-elinor-9780063049321","title":"Terciel \u0026 Elinor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBestselling novelist Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom for the never-before-told love story of Sabriel's parents, Terciel and Elinor, and the charter magic that brought them together--and threatened to tear them apart. A long-awaited prequel to a classic fantasy series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElinor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*USA Today Bestseller*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the greatest living fantasy writers. I will never get enough of the Old Kingdom.\" --Sarah J. Maas, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNix, Garth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eGarth Nix is a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling novelist and 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarth's many books include the Old Kingdom fantasy series, beginning with \u003cem\u003eSabriel\u003c\/em\u003e and continuing to \u003cem\u003eGoldenhand\u003c\/em\u003e; the sci-fi novels \u003cem\u003eShade's Children\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Confusion of Princes\u003c\/em\u003e; the Regency romance with magic \u003cem\u003eNewt's Emerald\u003c\/em\u003e; and novels for children including \u003cem\u003eThe Ragwitch\u003c\/em\u003e, the Seventh Tower series, the Keys to the Kingdom series, and \u003cem\u003eFrogkisser!\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ewhich is now in development as a feature film with Fox Animation\/Blue Sky Studios. Garth has written numerous short stories, some of which are collected in \u003cem\u003eAcross the Wall \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e To Hold the Bridge\u003c\/em\u003e. He has also cowritten several children's book series with Sean Williams, including TroubleTwisters and Have Sword, Will Travel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than six million copies of his books have been sold around the world and his work has been translated into forty-two languages. You can find him online at www.garthnix.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katherine Tegen Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525539762450,"sku":"9780063049321","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_59f3b515-3868-441c-85f2-f0c2c2c1e62b.jpg?v=1731226110","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/terciel-elinor-9780063049321","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}