Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker? I
just finished Terciel and Elinor by Garth Nix, prequel to his Abhorsen
series, telling the tale of Sabriel's parents. To paraphrase Elinor
herself, it is the tale of a girl who, though ignorant of her magical
heritage and without known family, is swept up onto a path rich in pain
and love, loss and hope, until she finds both her place and lasting love
in the Old Kingdom with the Abhorsen. A tale that makes the story of
their daughter, Sabriel, all the richer. A tale that, in typical Nix
fashion, has a heart-stopping climax.
As
ever, tis a joy returning to the Old Kingdom, a land that is almost as
near to my heart as Middle-earth, for Abhorsens' the never-ending battle
to keep the Dead down shaped me in key ways, forming a central crux of
what I call the Fantasy morality.
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| Sabriel |
Farewell
Terciel & Elinor, Tizanael, Mirelle of the Clayr, and, of course,
Mogget. Until next time, for the Ninth Gate no bar to my reading.
Everyone and everything has a time to die.
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