But she was wrong. It wasn’t routine trouble with the nomads.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

GARTH NIX is the New York Times bestselling author of the Old Kingdom series, beginning with Sabriel, and many other fantasy novels for teens and children, including the Seventh Tower series and the Keys to the Kingdom series. More than six million copies of his books have been sold worldwide and his work has been translated into forty-two languages. You can find him online at www.garthnix.com.

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BOOKS BY GARTH NIX

THE OLD KINGDOM SERIES

Terciel & Elinor

Sabriel

Lirael

Abhorsen

Clariel

Goldenhand

The Old Kingdom Collection

To Hold the Bridge

Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories

The Creature in the Case: An Old Kingdom Novella

The Ragwitch

One Beastly Beast: Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales

Shade’s Children

A Confusion of Princes

Newt’s Emerald

Angel Mage

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COPYRIGHT

THE CREATURE IN THE CASE: AN OLD KINGDOM NOVELLA. Copyright © 2005 by Garth Nix. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Originally published as “Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case” for World Book Day 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers, UK

First published in the United States in Across the Wall, 2005

ISBN 978-0-06-257218-9

EPub Edition © August 2016 ISBN 9780062572189
Version 08012021

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