The long-awaited fifth installment in Garth Nix's New York Times
bestselling Old Kingdom series, for readers who enjoy series by Rae
Carson, Kristin Cashore, Scott Westerfeld, and Cassandra Clare.
Goldenhand takes place six months after the events of Abhorsen and
follows the novella Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case, which
is featured in Across the Wall.
Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has
a new hand, one of gilded steel and Charter Magic.
On a dangerous journey, Lirael returns to her childhood home, the
Clayr's Glacier, where she was once a Second Assistant Librarian. There,
a young woman from the distant North brings her a message from her
long-dead mother, Arielle.
It is a warning about the Witch with No Face. But who is the Witch, and
what is she planning? Lirael must use her new powers to save the Old
Kingdom from this great danger--and it must be forestalled not only in
the living world but also in the cold, remorseless river of Death.