{{Short description|1995 novel by Isobelle Carmody}} {{For|the given name|Aisling (name)}} {{Infobox book <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = Ashling | image = Ashling.jpg | caption = Second Edition Penguin Cover | author = Isobelle Carmody | cover_artist = | country = Australia | language = English | series = Obernewtyn Chronicles | genre = Fantasy, Science fiction, Post-apocalyptic fiction | publisher = Penguin Books | release_date = February 1995 | media_type = Print (paperback) | pages = 521 | isbn = 978-0-670-85357-1 | preceded_by = The Farseekers | followed_by = The Keeping Place }}

'''''Ashling''''' is the third book in the Obernewtyn series by Isobelle Carmody.

==Synopsis== The powerful Misfit Elspeth is sent to Sutrium, the seat of the ruling totalitarian Council, to seal an alliance between the secret community at Obernewtyn and the rebel forces. Yet her journey takes her far beyond the borders of the Land, across the sea into the heart of the mysterious desert region, Sador. There she seeks help to destroy the weaponmachines but before her dark quest can begin, she must learn the truth of her dream: why the Beforetimers destroyed their world...<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780140271515/ashling-obernewtyn-chronicles|title=Ashling: The Obernewtyn Chronicles Volume 3 by Isobelle Carmody}}</ref>

==Reception==

===Awards and nominations=== In 1996, ''Ashling'' was shortlisted for "Young Adult Novel" in the Aurealis Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit24.html#804-2005|title= Index of Literary Nominees |author= Mark R. Kelly |date= |publisher=The LOCUS Index to Science-Fiction Awards |accessdate=19 September 2011}}</ref>

==Publication history==

'''Single Book Publications:<ref name="isfbd">{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?8698|title=Bibliography: Ashling|author= |date= |publisher=The Internet Speculative Fiction Database |accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.obernewtyn.net/penguin/FinalObernewtyn2.pdf |title=Concept roughs for the Obernewtyn series |author=Cathy Larsen |date= |publisher=Penguin Books |accessdate=31 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928225127/http://www.obernewtyn.net/penguin/FinalObernewtyn2.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/Ashling/trade/details/9781408806968 |title=Ashling-Isobelle Carmody |author= |date= |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |accessdate=18 September 2011 |archive-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406122958/http://www.bloomsbury.com/Ashling/trade/details/9781408806968 |url-status=dead }}</ref>''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Country!! Publisher!! Media type!! Cover Designer!! Pages!! ISBN |- |rowspan="1"| 1995 | AUS | Viking Books | Paperback | rowspan="2"| Connell Lee | 521 | {{ISBNT|9780670853571}} |- |rowspan="1"| 1996 | UK | Puffin Books | Paperback | 521 | {{ISBNT|9780140368246}} |- |rowspan="1"| 1997 | AUS | Penguin Books | Paperback | Miles Lowrey, Ellie Exarchos | 522 | {{ISBNT|0-14-027151-1}} |- |rowspan="1"| 2001 | US | Tor Books | Hardcover |rowspan="2"|Donato Giancola | 428 | {{ISBNT|0-312-86956-8}} |- |rowspan="1"| 2002 | US | Tor Books | Paperback | 467 | {{ISBNT|0-812-58424-4}} |- |rowspan="1"| 2003 | US | Starscape | Paperback | Tristan Elwell | 467 | {{ISBNT|0-765-34622-2}} |- |rowspan="1"| 2007 | AUS | Penguin Books | Paperback |rowspan="3"| Les Petersen | 524 | {{ISBNT|9780140271515}} |- |rowspan="1"| 2008 | US | Random House | Paperback | 496 | {{ISBNT|9780375857690}} |- |rowspan="1"| 2011 | UK | Bloomsbury Publishing | Paperback | 544 | {{ISBNT|9781408806968}} |- |}

'''Combined Volumes:'''<ref name="isfbd"/> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Country!! Title!! Publisher!! Media type!! Cover Designer!! Pages!! ISBN |- |rowspan="1"| 2002 | AUS | ''The Obernewtyn Chronicles'' (Books 1-3) | Penguin Books | Paperback | Miles Lowrey | 1078 | {{ISBNT|9780734305022}} |- |rowspan="1"| 2012 | US | ''The Dreamtrails (Book 3&4)'' | Bluefire | Paperback | Les Petersen | 928 | {{ISBNT|9780307932198}} |- |}

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==External links== *{{ISFDB title|id=8698|title=Ashling}}

{{Isobelle Carmody}}

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Category:1995 Australian novels Category:1995 science fiction novels Category:Children's science fiction novels Category:Australian science fiction novels Category:Australian fantasy novels Category:Australian young adult novels Category:Science fantasy novels Category:Obernewtyn Chronicles