Terciel and Elinor Level 02 and I shall leave the

and I shall leave the school untouched

and Mia will stay with me for a long time to come

astonishingly moving debut to read in one sitting

nervous voice can make a difference

This latest gem from the pen of one of Australia's most outstanding playwrights was inspired by Germaine Greer's experience of being held captive in her country house in Essex in 2000

Terciel and Elinor Level 02 and I shall leave theIn the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, eighteen year old orphan Terciel learns the art of necromancy from his great aunt Tizanael. But not to raise the Dead, rather to lay them to rest. He is the Abhorsen in Waiting, and Tizanael is the Abhorsen, the latest in a long line of people whose task it is to make sure the Dead do not return to Life. Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, a steam age country where magic usually does not