The Seventh Tower by Garth Nix
I read a book a few weeks ago that was at least an inch thick… well anyways it was called The Seventh Tower: Volumes 1-3 by Garth Nix. It’s about a boy named Tal, who lives in a world full of magic, darkness and snow. Heaps of snow. He lives in a castle, lit up by magic stones called sunstones. The sunstones emit light, and can be used for almost anything to do with light or magic.
Tal is a young boy who lives in the Castle, with his mother and two brothers. His father is missing and his mother is sick. Tal’s dad took the Primary Sunstone with him when he left. He is suspected to be dead. A primary sunstone is a giant sunstone, capable of lighting almost anything. Tal needs a primary sunstone to be able to go up in the ranks of the castle, and time is running out for him to get another. So he first asks his cousins, who are evil, and don’t give him one. He then goes to ask the Empress, and has a battle with the guards in an ancient game called Beastmaker. The game is destroyed before it ends, so Tal tried to steal a Sunstone. He then falls off the tower, with only his Shadowguard to save him.
A shadowguard is part of Tal’s shadow, and can change shape, but it isn’t very strong. When Tal goes up in the ranks of the castle, he will lose his shadowguard, but it will be replaced with a stronger Spiritshadow. Spiritshadows can’t change shape, but they can twist, bend and stretch in almost any direction. When Tal gets one he will also travel to the spirit world called Aenir.
After Tal’s fall, he survives but the Castle is nowhere in sight. He wanders on to find people who live outside te Castle, which he didn’t think possible until now. There he meets Milla, and together they go to find two primary sunstones, one for the Icecarls, the people Milla lives with, and one for Tal.
This book is an amazing book, and I would reccomend it to teens.
Since I can’t find a picture of the three in one, I’ll post pictures of all three volumes.
