When they arrive, the 'Front Door', a room that acts as the entrance of the House, is being overwhelmed by creatures called 'Nithlings', who kill the 'Lieutenant Keeper of the Door', causing the role of Lieutenant Keeper to fall on Leaf, who then cannot be forced to leave the 'Front Door', so the servant goes back to Sunday to report his failure. Sunday intends to use her and Arthur's mother as hostages. On Earth, while Arthur's friend Leaf is dealing with the aftermath of a nuclear strike, a powerful servant of Sunday's forces her to come with him to the House. Meanwhile, his imprisoned ally Suzy convinces her forgetful guard Giac to let her free and accompany her to the Incomparable Gardens. In his fall, Arthur uses the 'Improbable Stair', a magical way of transport, but because he was falling, he ends up in a random place in the universe where he gets attacked by insect-like creatures. Arthur was thrown off the edge of the Gardens, and meanwhile back on Earth a nuclear strike was occurring on his hometown. Arthur is on a quest to defeat the 'Trustees' and fulfill the 'Will'.Īt the end of the preceding book, Trustee Saturday was invading the 'Incomparable Gardens', the domain of the seventh and last Trustee Sunday.

This world comprises seven parts, each containing a 'Key' (powerful magical objects) and a part of the 'Will' (a being that holds the wish of the absent 'Architect'), under control of a villainous 'Trustee'. on 16 March 2010.Īrthur Penhaligon is a young boy who has gotten involved with the 'House', a magical world. The book was released in Australia on 1 February 2010, the U.K.

It tells the last part of the adventures of a boy named Arthur in his quest to take back a magical world.

Lord Sunday is the seventh book concluding Garth Nix's The Keys to the Kingdom series.

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