Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen

By: Garth Nix

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

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is loose in the city, her parents want to marry her off to a killer, and there is a plot brewing against the old and withdrawn King Orrikan.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?

a drip in a lake that becomes a tidal wave

I miss moggets prior voice. Tim curry captured this characters better where Graeme malcolm seems to have more flow and atmosphere which is great but I think mogget sounding sarcastic and care free is a part of his character.

Shocking twist

Well this book left me heartbroken but it's so well written. A definite must if you've enjoyed other books in the Abhorsen series.

a must read for the fantasy lover

Just amazing story lines. love the world . The people the fantasy. can't wait for the next one.

Out of the entire book series, this is my favorite

I honestly read Sabriel, Lireal and Abhorsen first and completely skipped over this book because I had read that it was set 500 years before Sabriel and I just didn't really see what the point would be in reading it but I'm so glad I did because I actually enjoyed it the most out of the entire book series. If you have read all of the other books in this series, then you need to read this one as well.

I was hungry for some more Old Kingdom and this did it

I liked it. I found Clariel a hard character to like at first, but after I understood more about her and her life and her story, I liked her quite a lot. Though, I don't really understand why she is considered the "lost Abhorsen" because it seemed Bel was supposed to be the Abhorsen the whole time. Good book though. Worth it.