To Hold the Bridge
novella 2010 The Old Kingdom
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novella |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780062292520 |
Synopsis
An aspiring young mage named Morghan dreams of joining the elite Greenwash Bridge Company far north of the Old Kingdom, which is nearing the end of a century-long construction project while facing threats from raiders and dark sorcerers. She must prove herself skilled enough to become a cadet, potentially the one person who must defend the bridge alone against overwhelming forces.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Old Kingdom
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Garth Nix
Notes
- First appeared in the anthology Legends of Australian Fantasy (2010); later the title novella of the 2016 collection To Hold the Bridge: Tales from the Old Kingdom and Beyond (a collection mostly of non-Old-Kingdom stories, not registered as a universe work).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within The Old Kingdom (standalone work): position 5 of 8: previous Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case (2005) · next Clariel (2014)
Sources
← The Old Kingdom dossier · All universes
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