Sabriel

What Is Sabriel About?

Sabriel is trained as a necromancer in the Old Kingdom, where death isn't the end but a place to be crossd. When her father disappears, she crosses into the living world to find him. Nix builds a magic system where death is complex and terrifying, and Sabriel has to get good at talking to ghosts. The worldbuilding is immersive and the tone is gothic without being melodramatic.