Nix, Garth

Contains "Sabriel" in which Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead; "Lirael" in which Lirael and Prince Sameth are drawn into a battle to save the Old Kingdom and reveal their true destinies; and "Abhorsen" in which Lirael is abruptly transformed into the Abhorsen-in-Waiting--a future guardian of the border between life and death--and immediately finds the fate of all life in her hands.

Twins Jaide and Jack Shield discover that their father and grandmother are "wardens," tasked with defending portals and humanity from evil, but their lives change forever when they learn that they share the same powers.

As Arthur Penhaligon seeks to find the seventh key, complete his quest to save the Kingdom to which he is heir, and learn his true identity, he discovers that he has a greater purpose than he could have imagined.

Jaide and Jack Shield learn that they're troubletwisters, with powers they must use to stop the Evil from taking over our world. Before, they'd defeated the Evil through luck and intuition. Now though, Jaide and Jack will have to learn how to use their powers, and how to keep on their toes when evil forces return.

The final installment in the "Seventh Tower" series finds Tal and Milla struggling to prevent the triumph of evil.

As the Icecarls prepare to capture the Castle, an evil force threatens the destruction of the Dark World.

Tal, a Chosen of the Orange Order, has fallen into an unknown world of warriors, iceships, and magic while trying to steal a powerful sunstone to save his family, and joins with Milla, a violent icecarl, in an effort to get back to his home in the now hostile castle.

Tal and Milla are aided by the Underfolk in their quest to uncover the secret of the Castle.

Tal and Milla struggle to find the Codex in spite of opposition from hostile creatures.

Lirael, the young Second Assistant Librarian of the Clayr, is abruptly transformed into the Abhorsen-in-Waiting--a future guardian of the border between life and death--and immediately finds the fate of all life in her hands.