Synopses & Reviews
In the hotly anticipated ninth installment of the Young Wizards series, Kit and Nita become part of an elite team investigating the mysterious “message in a bottle,” which holds the first clues to the secrets of the long-lost inhabitants of Mars. But not even wizardry can help them cope with the strange events that unfold when the “bottle” is uncorked and a life form from another era emerges.
Though the Martians seem friendly, they have a plan that could change the shape of more than one world. As the shadow of interplanetary war stretches over both worlds, Kit and Nita must fight to master the strange and ancient synergy binding them to Mars and its last inhabitants. If they don’t succeed, the history that left Mars lifeless will repeat itself on Earth.
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"This book can be read on several levels as a gripping and dynamic fantasy for younger teens and a discussion for older teens about destiny and choice and one person's right to affect other lives." VOYA
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"The pace is well sustained and the characters continue to grow and develop. Duane isn't afraid of the hard questions in life and prefers to face them, as readers will learn." KLIATT
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"A well-crafted plot, occasional dry humor, and appealing main characters will make this novel popular with readers new to the series as well as with Duane's fans." School Library Journal
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"Powerful and satisfying on many levels." Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
Not everything can be fixed with magic--teenage angst, for example. Young wizards Kit and Nita are having such a tough time coping with adolescence that they go their separate ways. Neither wants to call it a breakup, but that's what it seems to be. Heartsick, they throw themselves into their magical studies.
But Nita's work is cut short by bad news: Her mother has cancer, and it looks incurable--by medical or magical means. Even wizardry is powerless against cancer.
The situation looks hopeless . . . until Nita enters a Faustian bargain with the Lone Power, the source of all death in the universe, the one evil that Nita has dedicated her life to fighting.
Synopsis
How do you fix what can't be fixed? Only the Transcendent Pig knows, and it's not telling....
But Nita Callahan needs to find out and soon. Her wizardly partnership with Kit has fallen apart. Much worse, her mother has gotten sick...so sick she may never leave the hospital.
Only one person can help Nita the One she's devoted her life to fighting.
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Now in paperback--the critically acclaimed fifth book in the bestselling Young Wizards series
Synopsis
The ninth book in the Young Wizards series
About the Author
Diane Duane is the author of more then twenty science fiction and fantasy novels, including five other books in the Young Wizards series: So You Want to Be a Wizard, Deep Wizardry, High Wizardry, A Wizard Abroad, and A Wizard Alone, all available from Harcourt/Magic Carpet. Four of her Star Trek novels have been New York Times bestsellers, including Spock's World. Ms. Duane lives with her husband in rural Ireland.
Table of Contents
Contents Terra Cognita . . . 1 Gili Motang . . . 21 Syrtis Major . . . 77 Wellakh . . . 103 Nili Patera . . . 134 Arsia Mons . . . 172 Stokes . . . 213 Shamask-Eilith . . . 240 Gusev . . . 274 Burroughs . . . 313 Olympus Mons . . . 338 Tharsis Montes . . . 375 Oceanidum Mons . . . 419 Aurorae Chaos . . . 475 Meridiani Planum . . . 512 Elysium . . . 532