The Wizard's Dilemma
core novel 2001 Young Wizards
Record
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.07 (8,357 ratings, collected 2026-08-21) |
| Page count | 432 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780152024604 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
The Wizard's Dilemma, fifth novel in the Young Wizards series, opens with tension between Nita and Kit over how to address pollution in Jones Inlet, a disagreement that leaves the two partners at odds just as a far more serious crisis reaches Nita's family: her mother is hospitalized with a brain tumor. Determined to find a way to save her, Nita throws herself into studying magical kernels, a kind of wizardly software that describes and can reshape the world around her, searching for some means of helping her mother that ordinary medicine cannot provide. In her search she encounters a wizard named Pralaya, who may be able to help her, though his possible connection to the destructive force known as the Lone Power raises serious risks.
Where it sits
- Universe: Young Wizards
- Series: Young Wizards core; position 5 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 5 of 10: previous A Wizard Abroad (1993) · next A Wizard Alone (2002)
Sources
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