Тайна заброшенного замка
core novel 1976 Magic Land
Record
| First published | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  RU |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.84 (797 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
A spaceship from the planet Rameria lands in the Magic Land. Its crew belongs to a people who rule others through hypnosis, and they set up a camp near an old castle with the aim of taking control of the whole country. The Magic Land's residents, together with familiar visitors from the earlier books, must work out how to resist invaders whose power works on the mind. The book is the only one of the series with a science fiction element and was published after the author's death.
Where it sits
- Universe: Magic Land
- Series: Magic Land core; position 6 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Alexander Volkov
Notes
- First printed in 1976 in abridged form in the magazine Druzhnye rebyata; first book edition in 1982, after the author's death.
- From the series record (Magic Land): Six children's fantasy novels set in Magic Land, beginning with an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Magic Land: position 6 of 6: previous Жёлтый туман (1970)
Sources
- Russian Wikipedia - Волшебник Изумрудного города
- Publisher AST - cycle page
- Russian Wikipedia - Тайна заброшенного замка
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