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'Lirael knows the blood that runs in her veins and her true powers. She also knows that Chlorr of the Mask has been conspiring with the clans of the steppe, from a message she’s received from her long-dead mother, Arielle.
'But no one else believes that nomads can be a real threat. Accompanied by Nicholas Sayre and a young mountain nomad, Lirael goes on a dangerous journey across the steppe and into the mountains to see for herself. There Lirael discovers the future Arielle saw long ago that is now coming to pass: Chlorr has gathered the clans to attack the unsuspecting Old Kingdom.
'The only way Lirael and her companions can stop the attack is to find Chlorr’s original, better human self—Clariel. Only, Clariel has been asleep for centuries beyond the Great Rift. Lirael must reach her—and help her go beyond the Ninth Gate to die the final Death—before it is too late.' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
- Also dyslexic edition
- Also braille.
- Also large print.
Works about this Work
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[Review Essay] Goldenhand
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Horn Book Magazine , March/April vol. 93 no. 2 2017; (p. 115) -
[Review] Goldenhand
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books For Children , November vol. 31 no. 5 2016; (p. 42)
— Review of Goldenhand 2016 single work novel'The latest addition to Gareth Nix's well loved Old Kingdom series is set chronologically after Abhorsen but references the intervening Clariel, set some 600 years earlier, in minor but satisfying ways.' (Introduction)
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In Love with Literary Allusions
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 December 2016; (p. 34)
— Review of Words in Deep Blue 2016 single work novel ; Skylarking 2016 single work novel ; Quest of the Sunfish 2016 series - author children's fiction ; Goldenhand 2016 single work novel -
Goldenhand (Old Kingdom #5)
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , November 2016;
— Review of Goldenhand 2016 single work novel -
[Review] Goldenhand by Garth Nix
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 96 2016; (p. 54)
— Review of Goldenhand 2016 single work novel
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Review : Goldenhand
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2016;
— Review of Goldenhand 2016 single work novel -
Sci-Fi That's Shipshape
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 10 November 2016; (p. 6)
— Review of The Ghostfaces 2016 single work children's fiction ; Den of Wolves 2016 single work novel ; The Leopard Princess 2016 single work novel ; Goldenhand 2016 single work novel 'Mythic and mythical seas offer boundless possibilities for fantasy writers, while history presents rich pickings for all genres, writes Ben Anderson.' -
Goldenhand Review : Garth Nix's Dark Epic Returns to the Fantasy World of Lirael
2016
single work
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 10 November 2016;
— Review of Goldenhand 2016 single work novel 'With Goldenhand, fantasy writer Garth Nix returns to the setting of his immensely popular Abhorsen trilogy. It takes up the story of Lirael, a retiring assistant librarian who rises, along with her sister, to wield great power and take down a destructive nemesis, Chlorr of the Mask. ...' -
[Review] Goldenhand by Garth Nix
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 96 2016; (p. 54)
— Review of Goldenhand 2016 single work novel -
Goldenhand (Old Kingdom #5)
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , November 2016;
— Review of Goldenhand 2016 single work novel -
[Review Essay] Goldenhand
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Horn Book Magazine , March/April vol. 93 no. 2 2017; (p. 115)
Awards
- 2018 nominated Yoto Carnegies Library Association Awards (UK) CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) Awards — Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing
- 2017 finalist Locus Awards — Young Adult Novel
- 2016 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Young Adult Division — Novel