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The Creature in the Case

Garth Nix

First published March 2005
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu › The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen #4

Publisher's description: <UL>It is six months since the cataclysmic events of <I>Abhorsen</I> and Nicholas Sayre is desperate to return to the Old Kingdom. All he has to do is spend a weekend in a country house as a favour for his uncle Edward, chief minister of Ancelstierre. The house holds many secrets, the worst is a relic of the Old Kingdom, too far from the wall for any spark of its magical life to reignite - unless someone unleashes its power.</UL>.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 2005 Cover The Creature in the Case HarperCollins Children's Books Chapbook
July 2005 Cover Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories Eos / HarperCollins Collection
July 2005 Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories Eos / HarperCollins Collection
September 2005 Across the Wall Allen & Unwin (Australia) Collection 1
July 2006 Cover Over de muur Uitgeverij M Chapbook 11
August 2006 Cover Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories Eos / HarperCollins Collection
November 2006 Cover Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories HarperCollins Children's Books Collection 15
October 2007 Cover Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories HarperCollins Children's Books Collection 15
December 2008 Cover The Abhorsen Chronicles Eos / HarperCollins Omnibus 1133
October 2009 Cover Across the Wall HarperTeen Collection
November 2009 Cover The Old Kingdom Chronicles Allen & Unwin (Australia) Omnibus 1267
September 2016 Cover The Creature in the Case HarperTeen Chapbook
January 2022 Cover Across the Wall Hot Key Books Collection