Twice, they have successfully thwarted a dark power called the lone one. The first book of this series is so you want to be a wizard. Young wizards series 10 book series kindle edition. Something stopped nitas hand as it ran along the bookshelf. Games wizards play 10 young wizards series 97805448236. At first it seems like duane has jumped on the young adult dystopian trendbut the. The young wizards book series are a set of ten books that are written by the american science fiction and fantasy writer diane duane. Diane duane made the audience go through a lot of emotions in this book. The young wizards book series by diane duane includes books so you want to be a wizard, deep wizardry, high wizardry, and several more. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Young wizards is a series of novels by diane duane.
Diane duanes young wizards is the fantasy book series. The 10th and latest book, games wizards play, opens in the middle of an active battle. Rowling was just entering exeter university nearly fifteen years before the publication of harry potter and the philosophers stone. Diane duane began the construction of the young wizards universe in 1981, and wrote the first young wizards novel, so you want to be a wizard, in 1982. Diane duane has stated that book 11 might be ready for publication in 2021.
Each novel pits nita and kit against the lone power, an entity ultimately bent on the destruction of the entire universe. Games wizards play, the 10th young wizards novel from. Buy a cheap copy of games wizards play book by diane duane. Games wizards play book by diane duane thriftbooks. See all books authored by diane duane, including so you want to be a wizard, and spocks world star trek, and more on. Diane duane was born in new york city a descendant of new yorks first mayor and worked there as a psychiatric nurse before leaving the profession for the only one she loved better, the business of writing. One of the first things that went up at the new store site was the basic info page about the upcoming new millennium editions of the first four young wizards books. So you want to be a wizard young wizards series book 1 kindle edition by diane duane author visit amazons diane duane page.
This volume features 150,000 words of canonical fiction from diane duane that make up a transitional trilogy between books 9 and 10. Magic is a habit she just doesnt seem able to break. Diane duane was born in new york city a descendant. In the seventh book in the young wizards series, wizard s holiday by diane duane, nita and her friend kit go on vacation to a planet halfway across the galaxy, as part of a wizard cultural exchange program. The lone power, suspecting that a new threat is rising to its dark. The novella not on my patch, the tale of an unusual halloween in the young wizards neighborhood, featuring overage trick or treating, suburban zombies, and the attack of the killer pumpkins.
The perfect fantasy novelthere you are in the library, and you pick up one particular book. Four of her star trek novels have been new york times bestsellers, including spocks world. Games wizards play, the 10th young wizards novel from diane. Each victory has protected the universe against its paralyzing force, for a while. The young wizards series presently consists of eleven books, focusing on the adventures of two young. Diane duane born may 18, 1952 is an american science fiction and fantasy author, long based in ireland. Diane duane was born in new york city a descendant of new yorks first mayor and worked there as a psychiatric nurse before leaving the profession for the. Young wizards series 10 book series kindle edition from book 1. Diane duane is the author of more then twenty science fiction and fantasy novels, including five other books in the young wizards series. But now darine, nitas 10yearold sister, has found her wizards. My mother read diane duane s young wizard series to me when i was a child and i love them every bit as much now as i did then. As young wizards, nita and her friend, kit, share magic spells and spectacular adventures. One day in school, she was being chased by her bullies.
Find the complete young wizards book series by diane duane. Games wizards play is the tenth book in diane duane s young wizards series, and while a reader could struggle through it as a standalone, id say its definitely best read in the series, as there are many references to past events, a host of characters big and small and lots of terminology that will resonate more fully to fans of the series. You will get one complete set of 10 books in the young wizards fantasy series by diane duane, titles as listed below. Games wizards play young wizards series book 10 kindle. Wont bore you with the lower levels as theyre no more scenic than this, and otherwise resemble the warehouse at the end of raiders of the lost ark except for a a lot fewer lost arks and b a lot more wizards. The series now enters its third decade with nitas and kits newest adventure, games wizards play, the tenth young wizards novel published by houghton mifflin harcourt in february 2016. So you want to be a wizard young wizards series book 1.
Diane duane young wizards book 10, games wizards play. Creative process crossing the streams digital art ebooks direct middle kingdoms meta young wizards meta at the ebooks direct office. She looked and found that one of the books had a loose thread at the top of its spine. So you want to be a wizard audiobook by diane duane. Young wizards series is the most popular series by diane duane. It will begin 10 more this is definitely not the last book in the series. The wizards dilemma young wizards series by diane duane 0152024603 9780152024604 when nitas mother becomes sick with cancer, she feels her only option is to make a deal with the lone power, yet the outcome of doing so may be something too great for her to handle on her own in the long run. Diane duane s young wizards series is a truly great fantasy universe.
Diane duane has been working with wizards, on and off, since 1983. She wrote the first book in the year 1983 and is still churning out more of the novels to date. Besides the 1980s creation of the young wizards fantasy series for which shes best known, the middle kingdoms epic fantasy series, and numerous standalone fantasy or science fiction novels, her career has included extensive work in the star trek tm universe, and many scripts for liveaction and. Diane duane answers the question in this volume, collecting together the three canonical works that constitute a transitional trilogy between books 9 and 10 a 150,000word extravaganza of untold tales to help keep you going until the tenth book comes out in february 2016. Panel held at crossingscon in newark, nj june 2426, 2016. Young wizards is a series of novels by diane duane the young wizards series presently consists of eleven books, focusing on the adventures of two young wizards named nita and kit. Young wizards audiobooks listen to the full series. Games wizards play young wizards series book 10 ebook. Having so you want to be a wizard read out loud to. What happens between book 9 of the young wizards series, a wizard of mars, and the forthcoming book 10, games wizards play.
Games wizards play is the tenth book in diane duanes young wizards series, and while a reader could struggle through it as a standalone, id say its definitely best read in the series, as there are many references to past events, a host of characters big and small and lots of terminology that will resonate more fully to fans of the series. Diane duane books list of books by author diane duane. In this book, for the first time in a millennia, the wizards would have to go to war. I love kit and nita as they struggle with being sloppy and working around their parents as young wizards. However, we were all equally relieved when she managed to survive. Books about adult wizards set in the same universe of the young wizards series. Her works include the young wizards young adult fantasy series and the rihannsu star trek novels biography. The 10 th and latest book, games wizards play, opens in the middle of an active battle zone on the moon. First, all of us were scared, when nita decided to sacrifice her life in order to save others. Diane duane has been a writer of science fiction, fantasy, tv and film for more than thirty years. The series has a timelessness to it that makes it a pure joy for readers of any age. Its so perfect, i actually dont want anybody to adapt it for tv or movies.
Diane duane is the author of nearly fifty science fiction and fantasy novels, including ten books in the young wizards series. Wizards at war is the eighth book in the young wizards series by diane duane. Young wizards by diane duane series overview no spoilers. Complete set series lot of 10 young wizards books by.