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Dark Lord of Derholm by Wynne, Jones Diana is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. Amazon.com Review If, next door to our ordinary world, there existed a world full of magic, wouldn't you want to visit it? That's the situation that Diana Wynne Jones explores in Dark Lord of Derkholm , and she makes an effective and comical tale of it. Groups of tourists, called Pilgrim Parties and organized by the cold-hearted profiteer Mr. Chesney, take a portal to the magical realm, where they are shepherded about the countryside by a wizard guide. Mr. Chesney sets the rules, such as that all wizard guides must have long white beards--even 14-year-old Blade--and every Party gets to ''slay'' the Dark Lord. No wizard wants to be

Who reads Dark Lord of Derholm?

Author

Wynne, Jones Diana

Publisher

San Val

Published

1998

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Juvenile