Remembrancer Lirael and her niece the Princess Ellimere finally have some time to return to the Clayr's glacier to retrieve Lirael's belongings. But what seemed like a side excursion has the two young women travelling across a path never trodden, only trotted. At the end of this path, is Equestria, a paradise that appears not corrupted of free magic and yet free. Will Lirael open herself to friendship and what will Ellimere do if her aunt doesn't want to leave? And when the dead do not rest, will the loud, headstrong princess able to work with her insecure aunt as well as the six bearers, to send them back past the ninth gate?

Note: Garth Nix is too brilliant for me to copy his style. So, I hope you'll accept my imitation as a compromise. Takes place shortly after the events of Creature in the Case.

That excellent Twilight Vector by: fenixthefox93 @ fenixthefox93.deviantart.com

(forgive my horrible coverart, but I am not an artist)