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The Merlin Conspiracy

By Diana Wynne Jones

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| Library Binding | 9780060523190

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The islands of Blest keep the balance of magic in half the multiverse. If something goes wrong with the magic on Blest, it will have a ripple effect on many other worlds. Something is about to go wrong …

It all begins when the Merlin of Blest dies of a heart attack. Or was he murderContinue

The islands of Blest keep the balance of magic in half the multiverse. If something goes wrong with the magic on Blest, it will have a ripple effect on many other worlds. Something is about to go wrong …

It all begins when the Merlin of Blest dies of a heart attack. Or was he murdered by sorcery?

Two friends, Roddy and Grundo, suspect a conspiracy, but no adult will believe them. When a boy from another world, Nick, blunders into the trouble on Blest, Roddy tries to enlist his help. But what can three children who are just discovering their magical talents do against the new Merlin, the Earthmistress, and the dark powers they're calling up? The dangers are great, and if Roddy, Grundo, and Nick fail to stop the conspirators before they disrupt the balance of magic, the results will be far more far-reaching and destructive than they can imagine.

Diana Wynne Jones masterfully weaves mystery, intrigue, and, most of all, magic into a complex plot that's full of twists and surprises. In this astonishing novel, the characters' actions have unexpected consequences, and nothing in the multiverse is as it first seems ...

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  • One of those rare cases where the re-read is better than the first time!
    I had a misty but not so good memory of this book, and I seriously cannot understand why! Good and mostly likeable characters, usual-but-not-quite multiverse setting, many twists and just a little of back-and-forth-in-time.
    Lov ... (continue)

    One of those rare cases where the re-read is better than the first time!
    I had a misty but not so good memory of this book, and I seriously cannot understand why! Good and mostly likeable characters, usual-but-not-quite multiverse setting, many twists and just a little of back-and-forth-in-time.
    Lovely.

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    Mag said on Mar 8, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • *** This comment contains spoilers! ***

    I've forgotten that I've read this before! Does this mean that this book is forgettable? I've thought it through and I think that it's probably because this book is to busy! There's so many things going on with so many different characters in so many different places that there is no focal point tha ... (continue)

    I've forgotten that I've read this before! Does this mean that this book is forgettable? I've thought it through and I think that it's probably because this book is to busy! There's so many things going on with so many different characters in so many different places that there is no focal point that helps you to remember it. That said, there are still very original and distinctive places that the characters visit in the book, which is funny at times. The very end of the book which show the main characters moving on is an anticlimatic letdown though.

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    Ripplecloud said on Sep 20, 2008 about the Paperback edition | 1 feedback

  • An okay young adult fantasy. I didn't enjoy it as much as I'd hoped - I'd have rather have read about Nick than Roddy - but it wasn't bad and it had its very inventive moments.

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    Hold Your Spin said on Dec 11, 2006 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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