Mister Monday

The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 1

By: Garth Nix

Narrated by: Allan Corduner

Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

On the first day, there was mystery.

Arthur Penhaligon is not supposed to be a hero. He is, in fact, supposed to die an early death. But then his life is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock.

Arthur is safe - but his world is not. Along with the key comes a plague brought by bizarre creatures from another realm. A stranger named Mister Monday, his avenging messengers with bloodstained wings, and an army of dog-faced Fetchers will stop at nothing to get the key back, even if it means destroying Arthur and everything around him.

Desperate, Arthur ventures into a mysterious house - a house that only he can see. It is in this house that Arthur must unravel the secrets of the key - and discover his true fate.

The first audiobook of a spellbinding series by Garth Nix, the author of The Seventh Tower, Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen.

Listen to the rest of the books in The Keys to the Kingdom series.

©2003 Garth Nix (P)2003 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

Critic reviews

"Exciting and suspenseful." (School Library Journal)
"Corduner's vocal flexibility is the key to this enjoyable audiobook." (AudioFile)

Loved it...

I found this to be an extremely imaginative story that is fast paced and thoroughly enjoyable. The characters are well thought out and the voice actor did a tremendous job making them all distinctly different. I would whole heartedly recommend this book to fans of fantasy.

Garth Nix

Garth Nix is an amazing writer, and I love all of his books. I encourage everyone to read them.

Loved it!

This was an extremely enjoyable book to listen to! The narrator was great and the story was fun, interesting, exciting and all that good stuff. I love the way Nix writes.

Read the series in middle school, still love it

I am looking forward to the whole series. I loved the books as a kid and I still do. The narration is spot on and Allen really brings it to life with his range. Now for Grim Tuesday.

love this series

absolutely love this series. one or the few I have read thru more than once.

A Childhood Story Come To Life

It’s almost hard to believe there was a time before the chaos that is now our normal as adults, where we were once children in school merely learning how to pronounce (and spell) chauffeur. It was then, in my fourth grade year of English, where we sat to enjoy individual reading time. I found only this book, the first in the series, on one of the shelves and sat down to read… Oh, how I was transported to a time that no longer exists by listening to this! I love the story, but this man’s voice added so much depth and clarity to the story! Really, if you can, I’m too excited to tell you of it, so open your ears and listen! Just listen, and dream, and imagine. Let it cultivate your curiosity, your creativity, and dare I say show it to the child who fancies stories of magic. This isn’t your average magic book where boys survives evil!

great book

it is an incredible read, incredibly performed. i am anticipating reading the next with great enthusiasm.

Nostalgia read

This is the first book in the Keys to the Kingdom series, the first series by Garth Nix I ever read. Rereading this book reminded me why I loved this series: the world. I think I have might have mentioned it in my previous reviews of Nix’s books, but his worlds are incredible. What I realized during this reread was that while the world was amazing, the writing did not bring anything new for me.

I am going to talk a little about the world and its denizens. The House is the epicenter of the universe and it was created along with the rest of the world by the Architect. The Architect left the House and the known world and entrusted her power to seven trustees to execute her Will. Of course, they didn’t, and from there comes the plot. Nix’s world was amazing, the natives of the House, Denizens, were the uncanny valley of characters, looking like humans but not always acting like humans. That was one of my favorite parts of the books.

While I enjoyed revisiting the world, the reread reminded me how similar the story was to other stories in this genre. Overall, I see why I loved this series as a kid.

totally awesome series

you will never look back....brilliant narrator. ...genius writer. ....unforgettable landscape. ...honestly...I fell in love with this world 10 years ago...I'm 30 and still love this series....

great voice actor

u need this book !! Dont think just download!! amazing story and great voice acting