Games Wizards Play
core novel 2016 Young Wizards
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.26 (1,539 ratings, collected 2026-08-21) |
| Page count | 640 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780547418063 |
| Internal chronology | 10 |
Synopsis
Games Wizards Play, tenth novel in the Young Wizards series, centers on the Invitational, a prestigious competition held once every eleven years in which promising young wizards demonstrate their abilities over three intensive weeks. Experienced wizards Nita, Kit, and Dairine each take on the role of mentor to a newly discovered candidate: Nita and Kit work with Penn Shao-Feng, who specializes in managing solar weather, while Dairine mentors Mehrnaz Farrahi, an apprentice with a gift for handling earthquakes. Friction arises early when Penn's arrogance and dismissive attitude toward Nita strain the mentoring team's cooperation, even as Nita and Kit continue to navigate their own evolving relationship alongside their new responsibilities. Dairine, meanwhile, works to help the more insecure Mehrnaz withstand pressure from powerful relatives pursuing their own agendas through her.
Where it sits
- Universe: Young Wizards
- Series: Young Wizards core; position 10 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 10 of 10: previous A Wizard of Mars (2010)
Sources
← Young Wizards dossier · All universes
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