Clariel

The highly anticipated prequel to Garth Nix's astonishingly successful OLD KINGDOM series - now available in paperback! Sixteen-year-old Clariel is not adjusting well to her new life in the city of Belisaere; the capital of the Old Kingdom. She misses roaming freely within the forests of Estwael; and she feels trapped within the stone city walls. It seems; too; that the city itself is descending into chaos; as the ancient rules binding Abhorsen; King and Clayr appear to be disintegrating. With the discovery of a dangerous Free Magic creature loose in the city; Clariel is given the chance both to prove her worth and make her escape. But events spin rapidly out of control. Clariel finds herself more trapped than ever; until help comes from an unlikely source - and at a terrible cost. Clariel must question the motivations and secret hearts of everyone around her - and it is herself she must question most of all.