The other complication was better known, and possible more trouble, though the evidence was conflicting. She had heard the young woman's name, called out in desperate battle. The maker of the fog had seen her, black haired and pale skinned, surely no older than twenty, a mere figernail sliver of an age. A red waistcoat, marking her as a Second Assistant Librarian. The woman was one of their elite mages, easily identified by the coloured waistcoat she wore. The Clayr, who Saw many futures in the ice, and who would certainly try to twist the present to their own ends. 'Two of them were in the House.One was a young woman, who had been sent south by the witches who lived in the glacier-clad mountain at the Ratterlin's source. Our heroine must also face her past as well as her future if she is to succeed in her quest to put an end to this very grave foe who's only desire is to end all life and the Charter itself. Together with Mogget and The Disreputable Dog, Lirael and Sam must find a way to save Sam's friend Nick, now an unwitting puppet of Hedge, and the Southerling refugees from a fate much worse than death. Now trapped by his agent Chlorr and many Dead Hands, Lirael and Sam must find a way to warn the King and Abhorsen of the mounting danger their subjects face in the Old Kingdom and the real threat this new evil 'The Destroyer' will bring to every living thing. Lirael and Sameth have reached the safety of the Abhorsens House after fleeing from Necromancer Hedge and his dead minions.

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