Superior Saturday
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| Author | Garth Nix |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Keys to the Kingdom |
| Genre | Fantasy, Young adult novel |
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U.S:Scholastic Press, U.K: HarperCollins Children's Books, AUS: Allen & Unwin |
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Publication date
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UK: 1 July 2008 AUS: June 2008. US: 1 August 2008 |
| Pages | US:288, UK:323 |
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| Preceded by | Lady Friday |
| Followed by | Lord Sunday |
U.S:Scholastic Press, U.K: HarperCollins Children's Books,
Superior Saturday is the sixth novel by Garth Nix in his The Keys to the Kingdom series. It follows the pattern set by the five previous novels (i.e. Arthur has to deal with the removal of the sixth Trustee of the Architect and her Will, Superior Saturday). Superior Saturday, like many books of the Keys to the Kingdom series, was first released in Australia, being released in early June 2008. The expected release date was 1 July 2008 in the United Kingdom (however people who pre-ordered with Amazon received their copy a day early), and 1 August 2008 for the United States. However Barnes & Noble released it on Monday, 7 July.
Superior Saturday is the firstborn of the Seven Trustees chosen by the Architect to help Her manage affairs within the House, which is the epicentre of the universe and the first Creation of the Architect. When the Architect disappeared, She left behind a Will, stating what was to happen to the Keys to the Kingdom, and with it, the mastery of each demesne of the House.
Saturday was given control of the Upper House and the Sixth Key. Defying the Architect's wish that control of the House be given to a mortal Heir, Saturday kept the Sixth Key and the Upper House, and with the help of Lord Sunday convinced the other Trustees (Mister Monday, Grim Tuesday, Drowned Wednesday, Sir Thursday, Lady Friday) to retain mastery of their respective Keys and demesnes of the House. She serves directly under Sunday, and often makes rulings on things not under her direct control, using his "tacit" approval as authority. It has been revealed that she is the oldest Denizen, the most powerful and knowledgeable sorcerer within the House, and the third most ancient being in the universe, after the Architect and the Old One. She decried their collaborative experiment of having children from the beginning and (possibly as a result) resents being inferior to Sunday. For the last 10,000 years she has been hatching a plan to remedy this perceived injustice and rule the House from its highest realm, the Incomparable Gardens. She represents the sin of envy.
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