The Sending

The Sending
Australian Edition Cover
AuthorIsobelle Carmody
LanguageEnglish
SeriesObernewtyn Chronicles
GenreFantasy, Science fiction novel, Post-apocalyptic novel
PublisherPenguin Books (AUS)

Random House (US)

Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Publication date
31 October 2011
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages768
ISBN978-0-670-85359-5
Preceded byThe Stone Key 
Followed byThe Red Queen 

The Sending is the seventh novel in the Obernewtyn Chronicles by Australian author Isobelle Carmody, and is the penultimate book in the series. It was originally intended to be the final book, but this was changed to allow Carmody to elaborate plot strands without it becoming too long. The book follows the journey of Elspeth as she is finally called to set out on her fated quest to destroy the computermachines before they unleash a second apocalypse. The book was published in Australia and the United States on 31 October 2011, and was released in the United Kingdom in July 2012.