Sabriel (The Abhorsen Trilogy)

Since childhood, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who refuse to stay dead. But now her father, the Mage Abhorson, is missing, and Sabriel must cross into that world to find him. With Mogget, whose feline form hides a powerful, perhaps malevolent spirit, and Touchstone, a young Charter Mage, Sabr...

Since childhood, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who refuse to stay dead. But now her father, the Mage Abhorson, is missing, and Sabriel must cross into that world to find him. With Mogget, whose feline form hides a powerful, perhaps malevolent spirit, and Touchstone, a young Charter Mage, Sabriel travels deep into the Old Kingdom. There she confronts an evil that threatens much more than her life'and comes face to face with her own hidden destiny. . . Garth Nix's first young adult novel, Sabriel was recently nominated for the Aurealis Award for Excellence in Science Fiction in Australia. </p>

加思·尼克斯生于1963年，是一位澳大利亚幻想小说作家，毕业于澳大利亚的堪培拉大学。1984年，加思·尼克斯发表了自己的处女作。随后，他移居悉尼，并曾担任一家重要跨国出版机构的高级编辑。1996年，加思·尼克斯创作了古国三部曲的开篇之作《萨布莉尔》，这部书囊括了澳大利亚最主要的幻想文学奖之一奥瑞丽斯奖的最佳奇幻小说奖和最佳青少年小说奖。古国三部曲的后两部小说《莉芮尔》和《阿布霍森》分别出版于2001年和2003年。加思·尼克斯最重要的作品还包括“第七高塔”以及“王国之匙”系列小说。目前，他和妻儿定居于悉尼。