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Another War of the Worlds?
"You are the wizard’s wizard, man! You have turned Mars into New Jersey!"
Even in the general alarm of the moment, Kit had to snicker. Ronan stood there looking as cool as usual, but something in his eyes betrayed the fact that he wasn’t sure he was being complimented. "Could have been worse," Ronan said under his breath as he looked around. "I could have done it the other way round."
"This is the place where that old radio version of War of the Worlds happened, isn’t it?" Kit said. "The one they did on Halloween way back whenever it was, and they pretended it was happening in New Jersey somewhere, instead of England."
"And it’s not even the right New Jersey!" Darryl said. "It’s New Jersey now! Look over there—" He pointed. Off to their right, across the street, was a big handsome blue building with a long, peaked roof. On the opposite side of the road in front of it stood a pole with road signs that said ROUTE 629 and TO NJ TURNPIKE. Farther down the pole were posted a laser-printed ad for an Internet café and a faded picture of somebody’s lost dog.
Darryl was looking at the big blue building. "Bet you that was the mill once," Darryl said. "Look, I was right! There’s the old millstones. They’ve got ’em
sunk into the ground so cars won’t ruin their lawn when they turn the corner. There’s where the water came out past the mill. But no Martians!" He started laughing again.
"I wouldn’t be too sure about that," Ronan said, very quietly.
Terra Cognita . . . 1
Gili Motang . . . 21
Syrtis Major . . . 77
Wellakh . . . 103
Nili Patera . . . 134
Arsia Mons . . . 172
Stokes . . . 213
Shamask-Eilith . . . 240
Gusev . . . 274
Burroughs . . . 313
Olympus Mons . . . 338
Tharsis Montes . . . 375
Oceanidum Mons . . . 419
Aurorae Chaos . . . 475
Meridiani Planum . . . 512
Elysium . . . 532
Diane Duane's Young Wizards Series always delivers a good read for any age. There are no other works like it. Few authors can so seamlessly marry elements of Science Fiction and fantasy. With settings from the bottom of the Atlantic ocean to the center of the sun to hyper-gate crossroads of the universe to familiar suburban streets, the novels of the Young Wizards Series always take you somewhere fantastic.
A Wizard of Mars is a perfect example. Set on desolate, lifeless Mars...
or perhaps not to lifeless after all.
Wizards are on Mars searching for evidence of an ancient civilization that is sleeping. Waiting to be awakened. But what will they do if they wake up?
While solving the mystery of the Martians Nita and Kit will be forced to learn things about themselves and make decisions that could change everything.
Some books are more about action and some are about character development. A Wizard of Mars is one of the later and there are many parts that hint at a building story and future books. All in all and excellent read for any fan of Science fiction and/or fantasy.
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Very good!! Another masterpiece arises! This book is extremely good, wth beautiful descriptions, amd loads of fun. I especiallu liked the humor between Darryl, Kit and Ronan on Mars, as it adds freshness to the story( new fave quote is.." Bloody 'ell. Scorpions. Why does it always have to be giant robot scorpions?")
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Posted March 11, 2012
I love this series!!! Diane Duane has an amazing imagination and the stories each time are unique and just captivate your attention as soon as you start reading. Def a thumbs up!!
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Overview
In the hotly anticipated ninth installment of the Young Wizards series, Kit and Nita become part of an elite team investigating the mysterious “message in a bottle,” which holds the first clues to the secrets of the long-lost inhabitants of Mars. But not even wizardry can help them cope with the strange events that unfold when the “bottle” is uncorked and a life form from another era emerges. Though the Martians seem friendly, they have a plan that could change the shape of more than one world. As the shadow of interplanetary war stretches over both worlds, Kit and Nita must fight to master the strange and ancient synergy binding them to Mars and its last inhabitants. If they don’t succeed, the history that left Mars ...