Description 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.
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..
It is a warning about the Witch with No Face.
There, a young woman from the distant North brings her a message from her long-dead mother, Arielle.
On a dangerous journey, Lirael returns to her childhood home, the Clayr\'s Glacier, where she was once a Second Assistant Librarian.
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.
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.
Description 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
