Terciel & Elinor

Set in Garth Nix's beloved Old Kingdom, "Terciel & Elinor" unravels the never-before-told love story of Sabriel’s parents, weaving together two disparate worlds. Terciel, an eighteen-year-old orphan, is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, mastering necromancy not to raise the dead, but to ensure they remain at peace. He resides in the Old Kingdom, a land steeped in ancient, often dangerous magic. Across the impermeable Wall lies Ancelstierre, a steam-age country where magic is a rarity. Here, nineteen-year-old Elinor leads a sheltered life, plagued by a tyrannical mother and oblivious to her deep connections to the magical realm. Their paths irrevocably converge when an ancient enemy of the Abhorsens breaches the Wall, drawing Terciel and his aunt Tizanael into Ancelstierre. Amidst a devastating day of fire, death, and profound loss, Elinor is thrust into the heart of the Old Kingdom, into Terciel’s life, and into the ceaseless battle against the Dead who refuse to stay buried.