This is one of his young adult novels, the beginning in a trilogy:
Sabriel, by Garth NixYoung Adult, 1995
Old Kingdom Trilogy, book 1
from fantasticfiction.co.uk:
Sabriel is sent as a child across the Wall to the safety of a school in Ancelstierre. Away from magic; away from the Dead. After receiving a cryptic message from her father, 18-year-old Sabriel leaves her ordinary school and returns across the Wall into the Old Kingdom. Fraught with peril and deadly trickery, her journey takes her to a world filled with parasitical spirits, Mordicants, and Shadow Hands -- for her father is none other than The Abhorson. His task is to lay the disturbed dead back to rest. This obliges him -- and now Sabriel, who has taken on her father's title and duties -- to slip over the border into the icy river of Death, sometimes battling the evil forces that lurk there, waiting for an opportunity to escape into the realm of the living. Desperate to find her father, and grimly determined to help save the Old Kingdom from destruction by the horrible forces of the evil undead, Sabriel endures almost impossible challenges whilst discovering her own supernatural abilities -- and her destiny.
Trackgeek: The plot was absolutely fantastic. The details to the plot were incredibly creative and fascinating. The characters were well done - basically the guy can write. It was pretty dark - the evil guy is basically a world-class villain, but good conquers evil, and the girl gets the guy rounding out a nice ending.
Grade: Some of the best fantasy I've read in quite awhile, so I'm going to give it an A-.
Raspberry: It's been at least 6 or 7 years since I read this and I can't honestly grade it, but I do remember thoroughly enjoying it - enough to recommend it to Trackgeek and enough to try it out again soon!
Note: This is definitely for the older teen audience as well as adults.
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