Drowned Wednesday
core novel 2005 The Keys to the Kingdom
Record
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.88 (27,795 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 389 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780439700863 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Continuing his quest to reclaim the Will from the seven Trustees of the House, Arthur must navigate the perilous, ever-shifting Border Sea that separates the House's demesnes, a realm ruled by its own strange maritime customs and dangers. Seeking the third fragment of the Will, he confronts Drowned Wednesday, a Trustee afflicted with an insatiable, monstrous appetite that has left her almost entirely subsumed by her own curse, and must contend with a pirate captain and crew whose loyalties are far from certain. Arthur's growing responsibilities in the House continue to strain his life on Earth, even as the stakes of failing to secure Wednesday's Key and fragment of the Will grow clearer with every step deeper into the Border Sea.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Keys to the Kingdom
- Series: The Keys to the Kingdom core; position 3 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Garth Nix
Awards (verified)
- Aurealis Award (Children's Long Fiction), 2006: won
- Ditmar Award (Novel), 2006: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (The Keys to the Kingdom): Core Canon = all 7 novels of the completed series (Scholastic US / HarperCollins UK / Allen & Unwin Australia, 2003-2010). Confirmed a separate, unrelated universe from Nix's The Old Kingdom, already in this canon -- different world, different magic system, no shared characters; both records are cross-referenced as being by the same author.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Keys to the Kingdom: position 3 of 7: previous Grim Tuesday (2004) · next Sir Thursday (2006)
Sources
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