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 The long-awaited fourth audiobook in the New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix.

Award-winning author Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom with a thrilling prequel complete with dark magic, royalty, dangerous action, a strong heroine, and flawless world-building. This epic fantasy adventure is destined to be a classic, and is perfect for fans of Game of Thrones.

Clariel is the daughter of one of the most notable families in the Old Kingdom, with blood relations to the Abhorsen and, most important, to the King. She dreams of living a simple life but discovers this is hard to achieve when a dangerous Free Magic creature is loose in the city, her parents want to marry her off to a killer, and there is a plot brewing against the old and withdrawn King Orrikan. When Clariel is drawn into the efforts to find and capture the creature, she finds hidden sorcery within herself, yet it is magic that carries great dangers. Can she rise above the temptation of power, escape the unwanted marriage, and save the King? Epic Fantasy Fiction Magic Royalty Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy Classics
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...I am sorry but I really hate the narration. The reader ends every phrase on a down inflection even when it's inappropriate to do so. He's a little better at dialogue but not nearly good enough to carry an exciting story and I couldn't finish listening (happily, I have a paperback copy as well).

Oh, how l miss Tim Curry's spellbinding reading of the earlier three books.

Love the book, but....

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Clariel is an unexpected but welcome addition to the Abhorsen series. It precedes the Sabriel story by 600 years and adds some excellent backstory to the series. The narrator is good, but in my opinion Tim Curry (who narrated the first 3 audiobooks) does the accents/voices slightly better. A good listen! Would recommend if you liked the first 3 books.

A Welcome Addition

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Having read the other books in the Abhorsen series it is a pleasure that Garth Nix is able to keep the reader spellbound. Can't wait for the next one.

Worth the wait! An Excellent tale.

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A good story about the lost Abhorsen. Not Tim Curry, but Graeme Malcolm does a good job

Another great listen

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a very good back story to the series and well written as they all are

masterpiece

masterpiece

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