Diane Duane
Hardcover | Pages: 552 pages Rating: 4.16 | 5292 Users | 126 Reviews
Itemize Of Books Wizards at War (Young Wizards #8)
| Title | : | Wizards at War (Young Wizards #8) |
| Author | : | Diane Duane |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 552 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2005 by Harcourt |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Magic. Science Fiction |
Narration Supposing Books Wizards at War (Young Wizards #8)
Nita and Kit return from their wizardly holiday, looking forward to getting back to their everyday routine. But there's trouble brewing. A strange darkness of the mind and heart is about to befall the older wizards of the world, stealing away their power. Soon, the young wizards of Earth and many other planets find themselves forced to defend wizards and nonwizards alike against an invasion of a kind they've never imagined. But mere defense won't be enough to combat the evil afoot. With their alien teammates, Nita, Kit, and Dairine must race to search worlds known and unknown for the secret weapon the Powers That Be have promised them--before the minions of the sinister Lone Power find it first. And then, for the first time in millenia, the wizards must go to war. . . .Declare Books Conducive To Wizards at War (Young Wizards #8)
| Original Title: | Wizards at War |
| ISBN: | 0152047727 (ISBN13: 9780152047726) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Young Wizards #8 |
| Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2006) |
Rating Of Books Wizards at War (Young Wizards #8)
Ratings: 4.16 From 5292 Users | 126 ReviewsWeigh Up Of Books Wizards at War (Young Wizards #8)
Wow, this book was intense.Remember how I complained that in the seventh book of The Young Wizard series the plot took forever to take off? The eighth book pulls no punches, and the tensions there from the very first chapter.You definitely need to have read the prior books in the series (start with So You Want to Be a Wizard) before picking up Wizards at War, which builds upon the prior books, reintroduces characters, and starts almost immediately where the last book left off.In the last book,I cried so much over this book, you don't even know. The author does the unforgivable -- she messes with the dog. But then all is put right at the end. Yes, this is a SPOILER, but one that I think should be mandatory in all works of fiction where dogs are endangered. The dog is all right in the end! Doesn't matter if civilization as we know has been destroyed, so long as the dog's okay.Anyway, this book is about all life in the universe coming to an end due to the ever increasing expansion of
This book was steady and easy to follow. I have been having trouble with my eyes so it took months to get through this 552 page book. The great thing was no matter how many days it was between reads I had no problem knowing exactly what the story was and what was going on. It made this long stretch so much easier.The story is better than one of her earlier books, more compelling, more disheartening, but still easy to follow and remember. Diane Duane is a great story teller, her stories are so
While looking for things to read recently, I remembered I'd never finished the Young Wizards series. The penultimate book brings together elements from all of the previous ones in sort of a grand battle for the universe. Ronan, the Irish boy who carries the Archangel Michael inside him; and the alien wizards from Wizard's Holiday play significant roles, as does Kit's dog Ponch. The Lone Power (the series' name for the Devil, who is the creator of entropy) is speeding up the expansion of the
OK, I get that this is war against the Lone Power. I get that war is serious. But does Duane have to kill off popular characters in every single book? I'll admit that this was a decent book in spite of my rating. However, it is unable to stand alone due to trying to use virtually every single character that has appeared in this series. And I did not like the way death apparently has to appear in each and every title lately. I suspect Duane is trying to get through to teens just how special life
So much stuff happened on this book, I don't know where to begin. I like how it basically continued where the last book left off. It flowed really well, and it kept the new exchange wizards in the story as well as bringing back some old acquaintances. It's cool to see how everything ties back together.The scale of things in this story is much more vast than any of the previous. In some ways, the bug planet reminded me of the first book. A world that was lost to the Lone Power.Honestly, it's
I cried so much over this book, you don't even know. The author does the unforgivable -- she messes with the dog. But then all is put right at the end. Yes, this is a SPOILER, but one that I think should be mandatory in all works of fiction where dogs are endangered. The dog is all right in the end! Doesn't matter if civilization as we know has been destroyed, so long as the dog's okay.Anyway, this book is about all life in the universe coming to an end due to the ever increasing expansion of
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