The first book tells the story of Sabriel, daughter of the Abhorsen, who discovers that since something bad has happened to her father, she must protect the world from the hordes of undead that threaten it. Poised between the two is the Abhorsen, who partakes of both to defend the people of the Charter from the Dead and other monsters that Free Magic and its servants spawn in order to work their wills. Charter Magic is defined by the Charter, a runic language, which gives structure and purpose to sorcery to make it a beneficial and constructive force Free Magic is wild, uncontrolled and given to corruption and wanton destruction. Set in a world sharply divided into the Old Kingdom, where magic rules, and the Southern Nations, where science is law, the Old Kingdom series revolves mostly around the conflict between two varieties of magic - Charter and Free, which correspond roughly to the traditional alignments of Law and Chaos. A young adult fantasy series by Garth Nix.
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