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When the future is unclear, who holds the key to destiny? Sequel to the spellbinding, award-winning fantasy adventure, SABRIEL. Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Abandoned by her mother and ignorant of her father's identity, Lirael resembles no one else in her large, extended family living in the Clayr's Glacier. She doesn't even have the Sight -- the ability to See into the present and possible futures -- that is the very birthright of the Clayr. Nonetheless, it is Lirael in whose hands the fate of the Old Kingdom lies. she must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil -- one that opposes the Royal Family, blocks the Sight of the Clayr, and threatens to break the very boundary between Life and Death itself. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, to help her, Lirael must find the courage to seek her own hidden destiny. Garth Nix draws readers deeper into the magical landscape of the Old Kingdom and weaves a spellbinding tale of discovery, destiny and danger.

The third book in Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy is everything it promised to be and everything it could ever have been, coming as it did after Sabriel and Lirael--two of the most riveting fantasy novels in recent years. More a continuation of Lirael than Sabriel, which was set 20 years before it's sequel, Abhorsen nevertheless completes this outstanding sequence of books with considerable style and a consistent quality of prose that is enviable and to be admired.

Breathtaking new magical adventure series from the author of Sabriel. Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins. One mysterious house is the doorway to a very mysterious world -- where one boy is about to venture and unlock a number of fantastical secrets. Arthur Penhaligon is not supposed to be a hero. He is supposed to die an early death. But then his life is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock. Arthur is safe -- but his world is not. Along with the key comes a plague brought by bizarre creatures from another realm. A stranger named Mister Monday, his avenging messengers with bloodstained wings, and an army of dog-faced Fetchers will stop at nothing to get the key back -- even if it means destroying Arthur and everything around him. Desperate, Arthur escapes to 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 discover his true fate. PLUS!! Covermounted with FREE CD-rom, featuring specially created screensavers, wallpaper, author biog and major consumer competition -- FIND THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM.

Second title in Garth Nix's gripping new fantasy adventure series. Arthur Penhaligon didn't think he would ever have to return to the strange house that nearly killed him on Monday -- the house that contains a fantastical and sinister realm inside. But the next day brings new challenges -- in the form of an enemy named Grim Tuesday, who threatens the safety of both Arthur's family and his world. Arthur must retrieve the Second Key from Grim Tuesday in order to save everything -- an adventure that will force him to steal a Sunship, survive a very weird work camp, befriend a bearlike spirit and fight the void Nithlings. Even after all that, he will still have to venture into the scary Far Reaches for an ultimate showdown.

Get ready for more brilliant page-turning fantasy from master, Garth Nix. On the fourth day there was war! Pick up with Arthur Penhaligon as his Keys to the Kingdom adventures continue in the mysterious House. Following their adventures in the Border Sea, Arthur and Leaf head for home. But only Leaf gets through the Front Door. Arthur is blocked because someone -- or something -- has assumed his identity and is taking over his life. Before Arthur can take action, he is drafted by Sir Thursday and forced to join the Glorious Army of the Architect. The Army has its headquarters in the Great Maze, a defensive area of the House. Half of the Maze has already been dissolved by Nothing, and hordes of Nithlings emerge regularly to attack the rest. If the Nithling invasion can overcome the Army and the Great Maze, the House will be lost and the whole universe with it. While Leaf tries to banish Arthur's doppelganger on earth, Arthur must survive his basic training, avoid getting posted to the Front and work out how he can free Part Four of the Will and gain the Fourth Key from Sir Thursday. If the latest, strongest and most dangerous Nithling offensive doesn't break through first!

Sabriel vyrostla daleko od Starého království, tajuplného světa, kde vládnou magické síly a kde mrtví nezůstávají mrtvými. Jednoho dne záhadně zmizí její otec a Sabriel se musí vydat na cestu plnou nástrah, aby jej zachránila. Jejími jedinými zbraněmi jsou meč a sedm kouzelných zvonků, jejími průvodci na nebezpečné pouti se stávají kocour a záhadný mladík. Nemůže si být jistá nikým a ničím, protože ve Starém království nic není takové, jak se na první pohled zdá…

Artura Penhaligona zachrání před smrtí klíč ve tvaru hodinové ručičky. Společně s klíčem ale přichází epidemie vyvolaná prapodivnými tvory z jiné dimenze a Arturův vysněný svět se ocitá v nebezpečí. Cizinec jménem pan Pondělí, jeho pomstychtiví poslové se zakrvácenými křídly a armáda Uchvatitelů s psími hlavami se nezastaví před ničím, aby získali klíč nazpět, i kdyby to mělo znamenat smrt Artura a zkázu všeho kolem něj.Zoufalý Artur se vydává do tajuplného domu – domu, který vidí jen on sám. Musí rozkrýt tajemství klíče a objevit svůj skutečný osud.

Devátá dostatek síly měla/Leč Orannis sám byl zbaven světla/Na dvě části zlomen, pod kopec skryt/Kde naplněn záští má věčně bdít. Tak se zpívá v písni. Ale Orannis, Ničitel, už pod kopcem nebdí. Z podzemního vězení byl vysvobozen a teď se snaží uniknout i ze stříbrných polokoulí, překonat poslední překážku, která mu brání v uvolnění strašlivých sil.Šanci zastavit Ničitele má pouze Lirael, která se právě přihlásila o své dědictví jako budoucí Abhorsenka. Spolu se svými druhy – Samem, Nezbednou Fenkou a Mackem – musí tuto šanci využít. Pro mladou ženu, která byla ještě před několika dny druhou pomocnicí v clayrské knihovně, je to obtížný, možná dokonce nesplnitelný úkol. Ale Ničitel hrozí zničit veškerý život a je třeba mu překazit plány za každou cenu, třebaže Lirael zatím vůbec netuší jak.

Artur Penhaligon prožívá jedno dobrodružství za druhým. Bojuje proti pirátům, bouřkám, explozím a obrovské, všepožírající obludě. Pod polštářem našel pozvánku: LADY STŘEDA, Architektčina Správkyně a vévodkyně Hraničního moře, s nesmírným potěšením zve Artura Penhaligona na vybraný oběd o sedmnácti chodech, doprava zajištěna, odpovědi není třeba! Takové pozvání nemůže odmítnout. A tak se z nemocničního pokoje vrhá do dobrodružství na širém moři a po celou dobu je stále hlouběji vtahován do ústředního tajemství Domu. Artur musí najít třetí část Vůle a získat Třetí Klíč - nejen pro sebe, nýbrž pro miliony lidí, kteří budou v opačném případě trpět. Jaký bude jeho první krok?

First of a thrilling fantasy adventure series set on the Dark World, where society is ranked according to its colour clan and the most precious commodity is light. In all the world there is only one place that ever sees the sun. A seven-towered castle built upon a mountain high above the desolate ice lands below. Tal is getting ready for the Day of Ascension -- a day when all the 13-year-old Chosen from the Castle of Seven Towers enter the spirit world of Aenir. Then his father disappears with the family's Primary Sunstone. Without it, Tal cannot enter Aenir and bind himself to a Spiritshadow -- a guardian being, both protector and friend. Tal tries to steal a Sunstone, but during his act of thievery is thrown off the Castle of Seven Towers by a powerful Spiritshadow Keeper. He falls down to the iceworld below, where he is captured by Icecarls. To save his life, he must team up with Milla -- a Shield-Maiden-in-training -- and offer his aid to the nomads. Which complicates his task immeasurably!