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Derkholm Series

This series invites you into a world of humorous fantasy where magic collides with everyday life. Follow the inhabitants of a magical realm as they contend with the unexpected consequences of interdimensional tourism. From wizards to dragons, everyone is drawn into an adventure that subverts classic fantasy tropes with wit and charm. It's a tale of ordinary people and magical creatures fighting back against the exploitation of their existence.

Year of the Griffin
Dark Lord of Derkholm. Einmal zaubern, Touristenklasse, englische Ausgabe

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    Dark Lord of Derkholm. Einmal zaubern, Touristenklasse, englische Ausgabe

    • 528 pages
    • 19 hours of reading
    4.1(14899)Add rating

    Mr. Chesney operates Pilgrim Parties, a tour group that takes paying participants into an outer realm where the inhabitants play frightening and foreboding roles. The time has come to end the staged madness . . . but can it really be stopped? Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones serves up twists and turns, introduces Querida, Derk, Blade, and Shona and a remarkable cast of wizards, soldiers, kings, dragons, and griffins, and mixes in a lively dash of humor. With all the ingredients of high fantasy, this unforgettable novel will delight fans old and new.

    Dark Lord of Derkholm. Einmal zaubern, Touristenklasse, englische Ausgabe
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    Year of the Griffin

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    It is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped. High Chancellor Querida has retired, leaving Wizard Corkoran in charge of the Wizards' University. Although Wizard Corkoran's obsession is to be the first man on the moon, and most of his time is devoted to this project, he decides he will teach the new first years himself in hopes of currying the favor of the new students' families—for surely they must all come from wealth, important families—and obtaining money for the University (which it so desperately needs). But Wizard Corkoran is dismayed to discover that one of those students—indeed, one he had such high hopes for, Wizard Derk's own daughter Elda—is a hugh golden griffin, and that none of the others has any money at all. Wizard Corkoran's money-making scheme backfires, and when Elda and her new friends start working magic on their own, the schemes go wronger still. And when, at length, Elda ropes in her brothers Kit and Blade to send Corkoran to the moon . . . well . . . life at the Wizards' University spins magically and magnificently out of control. This breathtakingly brilliant sequel to Dark Lord of Derkholm is all one would expect from this master of genre.

    Year of the Griffin