The Stone Key

The Stone Key

The Stone Key first edition cover.
Author	Isobelle Carmody
Cover artist	Les Petersen, Getty Images
Country	Australia
Language	English
Series	Obernewtyn Chronicles
Genre	Fantasy, science fiction, young adult
Publisher	Viking Children's Books
Publication date	4 February 2008
Pages	1000
ISBN
OCLC	225756476
LC Class	PZ7.C2176 St 2008
Preceded by	The Keeping Place
Followed by	The Sending

The Stone Key is a 2008 science fiction novel by Isobelle Carmody, set in a post apocalyptic world. It is the fifth book in the Obernewtyn Chronicles.

The Stone Key was first published in Australia on 4 February 2008 by Viking Children's Books in trade paperback format. In the United States it has been separated into two books, entitled Wavesong and The Stone Key respectively.The Stone Key was a short-list nominee for the 2008 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel but lost to Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta.

When Elspeth sets out from Obernewtyn to Sutrium to testify at the trial of a rebel traitor, she quickly learns not everyone has welcomed the changes caused by the rebellion. Pitted against an invasion, Elsepth finds herself on her strangest and most dangerous journey yet. Drawn into the heart of the Herder Faction, she learns of the terrible plot to destroy the west coast. To stop it, Elspeth risks everything, for if she dies, she will never be able to complete her quest to destroy the weaponmachines which wiped out the Beforetime; but if she succeeds, it might just bring her to the final clue needed to find them...

A reviewer for the Canberra Times feels that the message of The Stone Key is that "freedom... is messy".

In 2008, The Stone Key was shortlisted for "Young Adult Novel" in the Aurealis Awards.

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