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Sabriel is the first book in the Old Kingdom series, it is written by Garth Nix and follows the main character Sabriel as she becomes the Abhorsen.

Plot

The book starts at Sabriels school, where she banishes a demon. she then leaves for the Old Kingdom, she is joined by Mogget, A Spirit in the form of a cat, bound by its collar, which Sabriel is told never to remove. using a magical flying craft, a Paperwing, they travel towards the old Kingdom, but are attacked on the way by the dead, in order to save herself Sabriel removes Moggets collar.

He is revealed to be Free Magic elemental. And almost kills Sabriel, but she rebinds him with ring she had received from him whilst still bound. The two are now faced with another problem, they are stuck in the pit of holehallow, a place of burial for ancient royalty. Her they find their third companion, at Moggets suggestion he is called Touchstone, the name of a Jester, he only agrees to this because he is ashamed of some action in his past.

Template:Spoiler The companions escape from the pit, and continue on a journey to try and discover the Abhorsen, who has forsaken the land. They soon find him, trapped in death, he is to far gone to be saved, but he tells Sabriel that an evil has gripped the land, a spirit known only as Kerrigor, who intends to claim all of the Old Kingdom for the dead, he also reveals that he is Sabriel’s father. Emerging from death for a last time, Sabriel’s father magical delays Kerrigors havoc, this magic also releases Mogget, Sabriel spirts herself and touchstone as far away as possible.

This succeeds in returning Kerrigor to the land of the dead, but, as his body is still intact he will arise again and over, Sabriel and touch stone use a paperwing to bring them as close as the Paperwing can take them to the Old Kingdoms neighbouring country; Ancelstierre, then she and Touchstone set of to find Kerrigors body.

Upon finding it they also come across Kerrigor, Sabriel Binds him using Moggets old collar, but dies in the process, upon reaching the land of the dead she is saved by her father, who claims she most live at lest until she finds a successor

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