--- product_id: 7627215 title: "The Abhorsen Trilogy Box Set (Old Kingdom)" price: "S$99" currency: SGD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sg/products/7627215-the-abhorsen-trilogy-box-set-old-kingdom store_origin: SG region: Singapore --- # The Abhorsen Trilogy Box Set (Old Kingdom) **Price:** S$99 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Abhorsen Trilogy Box Set (Old Kingdom) - **How much does it cost?** S$99 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sg](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/7627215-the-abhorsen-trilogy-box-set-old-kingdom) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The bestselling trilogy by Garth Nix includes the classic fantasy novels about the Old Kingdom: Sabriel, Lirael , and Abhorsen . This gift box edition features the beautiful artwork of Leo and Diane Dillon. Don’t miss Garth Nix’s prequel to the Old Kingdom series, Clariel , and Goldenhand , the fifth book in the Old Kingdom series. Review: Does the reader chose the book, or the book chose the reader? - I was first introduced to Garth Nix a little before my 12th birthday-when re-reading the whole Anne of Green Gables series every month was part of my normal book rotation. I didn't know what a necromancer was, much less why anyone would want to write about a well educated young woman fighting them to save her father and a whole Kingdom that had never really been her home. Sabriel lives in a land divided by an old, crumbling wall. It's nothing special this wall, old and crumbling, nothing that would really keep out an invading force. Yet on the other side the Army of Ancelstierre waits with old fashioned weapons for something horrible to come over the wall. They wait in the dark because frequently the lights go out and any kind of technology fails them. They used swords instead of guns because the guns fall apart. All because of what is on the other side of that wall. But there comes a time in every young girl's life when she must embrace the inner rebel who lives inside, just screaming to get to out. Sabriel's moment comes just after she graduates a finishing school in Ancelstierre that also teaches charter magic and martial arts-when a sending appears from her father giving her the bells and sword of the Abhorsen. Interpreting this as a call for help- meaning her father is either dead or trapped too far in death to get out on his own-Sabriel heads for the old Kingdom, a land she may have been born in but has no practicle knowledge of-and no idea of the new dangers abounding within. Sabriel may be an Abhorsen-one of many in a long hereditary line-but this family of necromancers doesn't raise the dead to do their bidding, they lay them back down and send them back from whence they came. Sabriel knows almost nothing about this. Could she quell the tides of rising dead? Interpret her father's message, travel through a world she has no preparation for with only a servant bound by the most powerful magic to keep it from killing her? Free a mysterious man trapped in a spell and bound by guilt for an act committed over 200 years ago that still has ramifications today? Try to defeat an evil that has defied the Abhorsen for hundreds of years? And bring the old Kingdom into something back of the glory it once was? As the terrifying repository of knowledge on all things dead says on its very last page: does the walker chose the path-or the path chose the walker? I should mention that Sabriel can stand totally on its own and does so very nicely. *******Spoilers next about what happens after Sabriel. ******* Next we have Lirael, the only member of the prophetic Clayr who can't see into the future and has dark hair instead of blond and sharp features instead of cherubic ones. Ostracized by her community after finally realizing she'll never gain the sight she becomes a Liberian in the Clayr's great library-which holds so much more than just books. Working there Lirael becomes an accomplished charter mage and even gains a mysterious friend-the disreputable dog- who grew out of a statue and gains her freedom when she discovers her true destiny and identity. It's been fourteen years since Sabriel became Queen/Abhorsen and in that time the old kingdom has become considerably safer-but there are still areas no one goes. Around red lake is one of them. And it just so happens that Prince Sammeth's friend from Ancelstierre, Nick (who happens to not believe anything about the old kingdom and that everything has a scientific explanation) is funding a dig at a site there that people avoid as much as possible and lighting strikes far more often than normal. On the other side of the wall in Ancelstierre the King and Queen of the old Kingdom are politicking with the government so they don't sent thousands of refugees over the wall with promises of free land-when really they'll be walking straight into a trap set by a necromancer Sabriel has yet to catch. And back in the Old Kingdom Sam is plotting an escape from his necromancy lessons-as he is certain he is not meant to be the next Abhorsen. But his older sister is so clearly meant to be queen that the burden falls upon him. So does what any noble prince would do in the situation- runs away. And lastly the whole Gangs here in Abhorsen to face the biggest evil of all- something so dangerous it was buried not only in the earth but in seven layers of warded materials guarded by the Abhorsen, sought by many a necromancer- none of whom knew what they were getting into. This is not just a fight to save a life or a kingdom, but the whole world and may more after that. These books are amazing fantasy novels that manage to straddle the age gap between young adult and adult very well. They are quite scary, but that's the only kind of content that might be upsetting to younger readers. And since it's not nearly often enough you come across a real strong fantasy heroine who doesn't need anyone's help, they're also a big girl power boost. And funny and full of mystery and legend. Recommended to anyone over 12 or very advanced young readers who don't scare easy. I'm not exaggerating on this point- these books are full of characters and beings out of the worst nightmares. Five stars. A trilogy to read over and over. Review: Wonderful Trilogy - This trilogy is easily one of my favorites. The world the stories are set in feels normal to a fantasy setting with common themes like undead and magic, yet it also has a twist on the elements that I never heard of before reading this trilogy. Now I will attempt to do a brief review of each before going back to the trilogy as a whole. Sabriel may be my favorite of the three; this is probably because I feel it can standalone. At times, the story can feel a bit slow, but for the most part, it is a page-turner. The story keeps you interested until the last page. The story has a good bit of action, but there are also many secrets of what is going on in the Old Kingdom, which is the bigger fuel of the story. Lirael is probably my least favorite, but it is too important to skip. It starts the slowest of the books. This one also feels a bit darker with more intense emotions, especially at the start. It spends a lot of time building up the new characters and beginning their roles in the plot. By the end of the book, it started to get very interesting. But then, it ended to be concluded in the next one. In this story, the action was lesser but there was still the mystery/secret element from the first, but more present in the new characters than in the world. Abhorsen provides an epic ending to the trilogy. The book starts with a huge shock, so surprising I wanted to skip ahead just to see if it were true. The story starts quick, but can also feel a bit slow as well. There is a lot of pressure from the start as it picks up where Lirael left off, but it doesn't jump right into the action. As the story gets to the middle, it is already preparing for the climax. In contrast to the other books, more so Sabriel, the climax in this one feels very long. The ending does a great job of delivering on the needed action and answers. The trilogy does have a few fight scenes, but they aren't the most common occurrences. I found that the plot itself proved to be far more interesting than the battles in the story. By the end of the trilogy, you get to see most of death. Still, I wish it were used more in the trilogy, since it is a very well designed story element. I guess it is better to use it scarcely to keep it exciting than over use it though. I only noticed a few problems in three books, but they were minor and could easily be ignored. The first is that sometimes the viewpoints shifted without a clear indication, which was a slight annoyance at times. The second is that some sentences feel a bit too long winded occasionally, but it wasn't often enough to cause any big problems. The final thing is the lack of epilogs. All of the books ended rather quickly with little detail of what happened next. Although there are stories that come after each book (The Creature in the Case from the Across the Wall comes after Abhorsen) that help wrap up the previous, and from what I heard more books are planned. In short, this is a great trilogy. The slow trickle of information about the world and/or characters does a good job at driving the readers and the occasional twists are all very notable. While the series may not have a lot of action by physical combat, its plot is strong and intense enough to keep you reading. I'd suggest it to anyone who likes fantasy books. ## Features - The Abhorsen Trilogy ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #305,567 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #269 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Girls' & Women's Issues (Books) #338 in Teen & Young Adult Fantasy Action & Adventure #8,698 in Epic Fantasy (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 977 Reviews | ## Images ![The Abhorsen Trilogy Box Set (Old Kingdom) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/612uvOlQIiL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Does the reader chose the book, or the book chose the reader? *by L***A on October 29, 2011* I was first introduced to Garth Nix a little before my 12th birthday-when re-reading the whole Anne of Green Gables series every month was part of my normal book rotation. I didn't know what a necromancer was, much less why anyone would want to write about a well educated young woman fighting them to save her father and a whole Kingdom that had never really been her home. Sabriel lives in a land divided by an old, crumbling wall. It's nothing special this wall, old and crumbling, nothing that would really keep out an invading force. Yet on the other side the Army of Ancelstierre waits with old fashioned weapons for something horrible to come over the wall. They wait in the dark because frequently the lights go out and any kind of technology fails them. They used swords instead of guns because the guns fall apart. All because of what is on the other side of that wall. But there comes a time in every young girl's life when she must embrace the inner rebel who lives inside, just screaming to get to out. Sabriel's moment comes just after she graduates a finishing school in Ancelstierre that also teaches charter magic and martial arts-when a sending appears from her father giving her the bells and sword of the Abhorsen. Interpreting this as a call for help- meaning her father is either dead or trapped too far in death to get out on his own-Sabriel heads for the old Kingdom, a land she may have been born in but has no practicle knowledge of-and no idea of the new dangers abounding within. Sabriel may be an Abhorsen-one of many in a long hereditary line-but this family of necromancers doesn't raise the dead to do their bidding, they lay them back down and send them back from whence they came. Sabriel knows almost nothing about this. Could she quell the tides of rising dead? Interpret her father's message, travel through a world she has no preparation for with only a servant bound by the most powerful magic to keep it from killing her? Free a mysterious man trapped in a spell and bound by guilt for an act committed over 200 years ago that still has ramifications today? Try to defeat an evil that has defied the Abhorsen for hundreds of years? And bring the old Kingdom into something back of the glory it once was? As the terrifying repository of knowledge on all things dead says on its very last page: does the walker chose the path-or the path chose the walker? I should mention that Sabriel can stand totally on its own and does so very nicely. *******Spoilers next about what happens after Sabriel. ******* Next we have Lirael, the only member of the prophetic Clayr who can't see into the future and has dark hair instead of blond and sharp features instead of cherubic ones. Ostracized by her community after finally realizing she'll never gain the sight she becomes a Liberian in the Clayr's great library-which holds so much more than just books. Working there Lirael becomes an accomplished charter mage and even gains a mysterious friend-the disreputable dog- who grew out of a statue and gains her freedom when she discovers her true destiny and identity. It's been fourteen years since Sabriel became Queen/Abhorsen and in that time the old kingdom has become considerably safer-but there are still areas no one goes. Around red lake is one of them. And it just so happens that Prince Sammeth's friend from Ancelstierre, Nick (who happens to not believe anything about the old kingdom and that everything has a scientific explanation) is funding a dig at a site there that people avoid as much as possible and lighting strikes far more often than normal. On the other side of the wall in Ancelstierre the King and Queen of the old Kingdom are politicking with the government so they don't sent thousands of refugees over the wall with promises of free land-when really they'll be walking straight into a trap set by a necromancer Sabriel has yet to catch. And back in the Old Kingdom Sam is plotting an escape from his necromancy lessons-as he is certain he is not meant to be the next Abhorsen. But his older sister is so clearly meant to be queen that the burden falls upon him. So does what any noble prince would do in the situation- runs away. And lastly the whole Gangs here in Abhorsen to face the biggest evil of all- something so dangerous it was buried not only in the earth but in seven layers of warded materials guarded by the Abhorsen, sought by many a necromancer- none of whom knew what they were getting into. This is not just a fight to save a life or a kingdom, but the whole world and may more after that. These books are amazing fantasy novels that manage to straddle the age gap between young adult and adult very well. They are quite scary, but that's the only kind of content that might be upsetting to younger readers. And since it's not nearly often enough you come across a real strong fantasy heroine who doesn't need anyone's help, they're also a big girl power boost. And funny and full of mystery and legend. Recommended to anyone over 12 or very advanced young readers who don't scare easy. I'm not exaggerating on this point- these books are full of characters and beings out of the worst nightmares. Five stars. A trilogy to read over and over. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful Trilogy *by G***E on July 18, 2012* This trilogy is easily one of my favorites. The world the stories are set in feels normal to a fantasy setting with common themes like undead and magic, yet it also has a twist on the elements that I never heard of before reading this trilogy. Now I will attempt to do a brief review of each before going back to the trilogy as a whole. Sabriel may be my favorite of the three; this is probably because I feel it can standalone. At times, the story can feel a bit slow, but for the most part, it is a page-turner. The story keeps you interested until the last page. The story has a good bit of action, but there are also many secrets of what is going on in the Old Kingdom, which is the bigger fuel of the story. Lirael is probably my least favorite, but it is too important to skip. It starts the slowest of the books. This one also feels a bit darker with more intense emotions, especially at the start. It spends a lot of time building up the new characters and beginning their roles in the plot. By the end of the book, it started to get very interesting. But then, it ended to be concluded in the next one. In this story, the action was lesser but there was still the mystery/secret element from the first, but more present in the new characters than in the world. Abhorsen provides an epic ending to the trilogy. The book starts with a huge shock, so surprising I wanted to skip ahead just to see if it were true. The story starts quick, but can also feel a bit slow as well. There is a lot of pressure from the start as it picks up where Lirael left off, but it doesn't jump right into the action. As the story gets to the middle, it is already preparing for the climax. In contrast to the other books, more so Sabriel, the climax in this one feels very long. The ending does a great job of delivering on the needed action and answers. The trilogy does have a few fight scenes, but they aren't the most common occurrences. I found that the plot itself proved to be far more interesting than the battles in the story. By the end of the trilogy, you get to see most of death. Still, I wish it were used more in the trilogy, since it is a very well designed story element. I guess it is better to use it scarcely to keep it exciting than over use it though. I only noticed a few problems in three books, but they were minor and could easily be ignored. The first is that sometimes the viewpoints shifted without a clear indication, which was a slight annoyance at times. The second is that some sentences feel a bit too long winded occasionally, but it wasn't often enough to cause any big problems. The final thing is the lack of epilogs. All of the books ended rather quickly with little detail of what happened next. Although there are stories that come after each book (The Creature in the Case from the Across the Wall comes after Abhorsen) that help wrap up the previous, and from what I heard more books are planned. In short, this is a great trilogy. The slow trickle of information about the world and/or characters does a good job at driving the readers and the occasional twists are all very notable. While the series may not have a lot of action by physical combat, its plot is strong and intense enough to keep you reading. I'd suggest it to anyone who likes fantasy books. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ something totally new *by M***A on March 29, 2014* This is a fascinating trilogy, something quite unlike anything else I've read. The concept of music-worked magic; a reverse-necromancer; a land of magic and fantasy and one of electricity and bureaucracy that exist in the same world, separated by a wall; wild magic vs constrained magic - nothing that would be terribly exciting on its own, yet the concepts are combined with astonishing skill into something totally new. The pace of the first book is swift, to the point that I was a bit irritated by the minor battles every other chapter. Still, it certainly doesn't leave one bored. I also take some issue with the utterly unbelievable love story shoehorned in between the main characters. They had no chemistry and no time is left in the narrative to develop it. Then again, I suppose that when a guy is frozen for 200 years, he'll probably try to hook up with the first girl that comes along. All in all, I think this book could have benefited from the leisurely pace that bothers me so much in the sequel. Despite some minor nitpicks, though, this is a thoroughly enjoyable book and an excellent start to an innovative trilogy. The second book is a good book in a great series. I enjoyed the act of reading it, but it does take a while to get going - it's not until about halfway through that the main conflict is revealed. It's not that the first half is bad or even boring, but it is directionless, as if Nix isn't quite sure what story he wants to tell. In fact, the first half of Lirael's story (though very interesting) seems to lead up to her discovering her destiny - to be a Remembrancer. Yet the discovery itself is anti-climactic and is, in the end, pretty pointless, as her true destiny lies farther on. This destiny is supposed to be a revelation to the reader, but one sees it coming a mile off. The first half of Sam's story is far less interesting. He lets his fear conquer him completely, even though thousands, if not millions, of lives ride on him sucking it up. In the end, he gets let off the hook entirely. So the lesson is: if you don't like something or it scares you, just give up! Someone else will come along to solve your problems! This book certainly doesn't stand alone. All in all, it is a deeply flawed book, but enjoyable nonetheless. This is largely because of the main character, Lirael. Lirael is a fascinating character, both shy and strong, with surprising depth. Though both characters bemoan their fate, going on about how they don't fit in, Lirael is able to push through her self-pity and get the job done. I related to her more than Sabriel of the first book, which is the main thing that saves the sequel for me. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sg/products/7627215-the-abhorsen-trilogy-box-set-old-kingdom](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/7627215-the-abhorsen-trilogy-box-set-old-kingdom) --- *Product available on Desertcart Singapore* *Store origin: SG* *Last updated: 2026-05-23*