Paperback, 358 pages

English language

Published Jan. 7, 2003 by HarperCollinsPublishers.

ISBN:
9780060278250

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4 stars (25 reviews)

The Ninth was strong and fought with might But lone Orannis was put out of the light Broken in two and buried under hill Forever to lie there, wishing us ill.

So says the song. But Orannis, the Destroyer, is no longer buried under hill. It has been freed from its subterranean prison and now seeks to escape the silver hemispheres, the final barrier to the unleashing of its terrible powers.

Only Lirael, newly come into her inheritance as the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, has any chance of stopping the Destroyer. She and her companions -- Sam, the Disreputable Dog, and Mogget -- have to take that chance. For the Destroyer is the enemy of all Life, and it must be stopped, though Lirael does not know how.

To make matters worse, Sam's best friend, Nick, is helping the Destroyer, as are the necromancer Hedge and the Greater Dead Chlorr, and there has …

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Well, I thought I cried more than humanly possible during the last Harry Potter book but I cried SO MUCH during the last disc of Abhorsen that it put HP to shame. I cried during the Seven, I cried during the Battle, I cried during the transformations, I even cried during the epilogue. I'm severely dehydrated but incredibly happy and thankful these books exist. Garth Nix, please come to my library so I can give you a hug.

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