Sabriël

In the land of Ancelstierre, Sabriel lives a quiet life at boarding school, sheltered from the wild magic and restless dead of the Old Kingdom. But her lineage is inescapable. She is the daughter of the Abhorsen, the necromancer whose duty is not to raise the dead, but to put them to their final rest. When a fearsome messenger arrives from beyond the Wall, bearing her father's sword and the seven bells of his office, Sabriel learns that he is trapped deep within the realm of Death. She must abandon the only life she has ever known and journey into a land where the border between life and death is dangerously thin.

Thrust into a role she has only studied, Sabriel must take up her father's mantle and confront an ancient evil that is stirring, one that threatens to consume the world of the living. Accompanied by a mysterious feline companion who is more than he seems, she will navigate a world of terrifying creatures and powerful magic. Her quest is not just a search for her father, but a journey to claim her own identity and destiny. It is a path that will force her to face the true meaning of life, death, and the heavy price of power.