The Violet Keystone
core novel 2001 The Seventh Tower
Record
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.99 (5,944 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780439176873 |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
The Violet Keystone, concluding the Seventh Tower series, finds Tal and Milla, together with allies gathered across their journeys through the Castle, the Dark World and Aenir, finally facing the ancient evil that has been working to destroy their world throughout the series. Their path back to Aenir one last time requires releasing the Spiritshadows they have each bonded with over the course of the story, and confronts them with Sharrakor, a formidable dragon tied to the deeper mysteries the series has been building toward. With the fates of the Castle, the Dark World and Aenir all now entangled, Tal and Milla must draw on everything they have learned to stand against a threat far greater than either of them anticipated at the start.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Seventh Tower
- Series: The Seventh Tower core; position 6 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Garth Nix
Notes
- From the series record (The Seventh Tower): A completed 6-book middle-grade secondary-world fantasy sequence (Scholastic, 2000-2001), distinct from Garth Nix's Old Kingdom and Keys to the Kingdom universes: an unrelated setting split between the underground Castle and the sunlit surface world Aenir/the Veil.
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 Seventh Tower: position 6 of 6: previous Into Battle (2001)
Sources
- Reference listing: The Seventh Tower
- Rating-platform listing: The Seventh Tower series
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Violet_Keystone
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