A Wizard of Mars
core novel 2010 Young Wizards
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.13 (3,258 ratings, collected 2026-08-21) |
| Page count | 550 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780152047702 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Synopsis
A Wizard of Mars, ninth novel in the Young Wizards series, begins with Kit growing increasingly preoccupied with Mars and eventually becoming trapped within an ancient version of the planet, bound to the consciousness of a Martian wizard named Khretef. Meanwhile Nita, accompanied by the whale-wizard S'reee and Kit's sister Carmela, travels to Mars herself, where Carmela uncovers an ancient prophecy known as the Red Rede that appears to bear directly on the unfolding crisis. As Nita and her companions work to interpret the prophecy's cryptic warnings, they find themselves drawn deeper into the history and politics of an ancient Martian civilization, whose surviving inhabitants have their own plans for the future of their world.
Where it sits
- Universe: Young Wizards
- Series: Young Wizards core; position 9 of 10 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Diane Duane
Notes
- From the series record (Young Wizards): A further main-sequence novel has been announced under a working title but not yet published as of the latest update.
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 Young Wizards: position 9 of 10: previous Wizards at War (2005) · next Games Wizards Play (2016)
Sources
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