High Wizardry
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| High Wizardry | |
 Cover art for High Wizardry |
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| Author | Diane Duane |
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| Cover artist | Cliff Nielsen |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Young Wizards |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Harcourt Trade Publishers |
| Publication date | 1990 (first printing by Delacorte Press, reprinted 1997 by Harcourt) |
| Media type | Print (Mass market paperback) |
| Pages | 368 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-15-216244-5 |
| Preceded by | Deep Wizardry |
| Followed by | A Wizard Abroad |
High Wizardry is the third novel of the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane. It was published in 1990.
[edit] Plot introduction
Dairine is much more of a major character than a supporting one in this novel, since the plot revolves around her Ordeal.
[edit] Plot summary
When Dairine, Nita's younger sister, finds Nita's copy of the Wizard's manual, she proceeds to take the Wizard's Oath. Dairine is given her Wizard's manual in the form of a computer, which Dairine nicknames "Spot." Dairine uses her new power to travel to Mars, then to the Crossings. She is attacked by agents of the Lone Power. When she uses a worldgate to flee, assisted by an unnamed man she meets in a bar, she finds herself on a giant planet consisting entirely of silicon. In the meantime, Nita and Kit discover she is missing and chase after her. Dairine awakens the massive computer embedded in the planet and gets to work designing and naming 'mobiles' after the planet begins to create quicklife (computer-based) creatures. She names them in a variety of ways ranging from computer programs to Star Wars characters. When The Lone Power infects a mobile and attacks Dairine, Nita and Kit arrive in time to help her, assisted by the macaw Maccu Picchu (Peach), who reveals herself as one of the Powers That Be incarnate. With Peach's assistance, the Lone Power is defeated by stopping the universe from expanding. The resulting light that explodes as a result of this destroys the Lone Power. The Lone Power then returns to "home" with one of the Powers That Be. As he leaves, he tells Kit and Nita to destroy the "shadows" of him that remain. The universe continues to expand and Nita, Kit and Dairine return to their home, where Dairine's computer sprouts legs and follows her upstairs as Nita and Kit talk to their parents.
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