Deep Wizardry
core novel 1985 Young Wizards
Record
| First published | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.05 (16,836 ratings, collected 2026-08-21) |
| Page count | 384 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385293730 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Deep Wizardry, second novel in the Young Wizards series, picks up with Kit and Nita vacationing on Long Island's South Shore, where they come to the aid of a wounded humpback whale named S'reee, who reveals herself to be a wizard in her own right. Through S'reee, the two human wizards are drawn into the hidden world of undersea wizardry and its distinct traditions, learning of an ancient and perilous ceremony called the Song of the Twelve, performed periodically to renew a pact that keeps a great destructive force bound beneath the ocean. Nita and Kit find themselves recruited to take part in the ceremony's preparations alongside S'reee and other sea creatures who share the gift of wizardry, adapting their land-based magic to the unfamiliar demands of the underwater world.
Where it sits
- Universe: Young Wizards
- Series: Young Wizards core; position 2 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 2 of 10: previous So You Want to Be a Wizard (1983) · next High Wizardry (1990)
Sources
← Young Wizards dossier · All universes
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