{"product_id":"9780063049321","title":"Terciel \u0026amp; 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","brand":"Garth Nix","offers":[{"title":"HarperCollins |  Hardback  |  2021-11-02","offer_id":44152035311871,"sku":"9780063049321","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_9be6b13d-7171-400a-812a-8962a1fd927e.jpg?v=1636694655","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780063049321","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}