Goldenhand [Paperback]

The long-awaited fifth installment in Garth Nix’sNew York Timesbestselling Old Kingdom series, for readers who enjoy series by Rae Carson, Kristin Cashore, Scott Westerfeld, and Cassandra Clare.

Goldenhandtakes place six months after the events ofAbhorsenand follows the novellaNicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case, which is featured inAcross the Wall.

Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has a new hand, one of gilded steel and Charter Magic.

On a dangerous journey, Lirael returns to her childhood home, the Clayr’s Glacier, where she was once a Second Assistant Librarian. There, a young woman from the distant North brings her a message from her long-dead mother, Arielle.

It is a warning about the Witch with No Face. But who is the Witch, and what is she planning? Lirael must use her new powers to save the Old Kingdom from this great danger—and it must be forestalled not only in the living world but also in the cold, remorseless river of Death.

Praise for the Old Kingdom series: Praise for Clariel: Between striking characters-from the heroic if not entirely competent young Abhorsen-in-Waiting, Belatiel, to the enigmatic, catlike Mogget-and Nixs brilliantly complex magic system, this superb tale is exactly the book fans of the series have been awaiting. -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Themes of freedom and destiny underpin Clariels harrowing, bittersweet story, and readers will delight in the telling (and in fan favorite Moggets return). -Booklist (starred review)

Clariel is a deeply sympathetic character faced with complicated choices, the consequences of which are frighteningly uncertain as she is pulled between the wild Free Magic and the disciplined Charter. -School Library Journal (starred review)

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