Sunday, February 27, 2011

Deep Magic

By Diane Duane

Book Two of the Young Wizards Series


Nita and Kit were SUPPOSED to be on summer vacation. Nita's family rented a beach house for a few weeks and she managed to convince them that Kit should come. Of course, magic never goes on vacation. When they help a fellow wizard--a whale--they agree to help a group of the underwater wizards perform an ancient ritual, a reenactment of when the Lone power offered death to the undersea peoples and was bound beneath the seafloor. The consequences if this ceremony fails? The Lone Power will break free. The catch? Whoever is singing the Silent Lord will die. You get one guess as to who agreed to sing that part, BEFORE finding out about that tiny snag. Here's a hint: Kit is upset and isn't singing, and Peach told Nita to read the fine print before she signed. Peach is Nita and Kit's local Seniors psychic macaw, and can tell the future. For those who are a bit confused as to how the Lone Power can be wreaking havoc in the universe (snuffing stars, convincing new species to take its"gift" of death, plotting the destruction of the universe, and so on) AND be bound on the bottom of the ocean, well, that's the usual confusion about time. All the Great Powers just dip into the time flow we live in. THEY live outside of it, in a place where things don't have to happen one after the other. Anyway, this is a really good book. I LOVE THIS SERIES! There are nine or so so far, and I am pretty sure there will be another one. They still haven't figured out what happened to Roshaun, although they are pretty sure he isn't dead.

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