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Book details

  1. Print length
    464 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Aspect
  4. Publication date
    March 1, 1999
  5. Dimensions
    4.25 x 0.94 x 6.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0446606332
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0446606332
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Rhiow seems a perfectly ordinary New York City cat. Or so her humans think -- but she is much more than she appears. With her partners Saash and Urruah, she collaborates with human wizards to protect the earth from dark forces and maintain the network of magical gateways that connect to different realities. But amid this amazing secret animal world lies a danger that threatens not only the cats of the world, but humans as well.

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Diane Duane
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Diane Duane was born in New York City -- a descendant of New York's first mayor -- and worked there as a psychiatric nurse before leaving the profession for the only one she loved better, the business of writing. Since the publication of her first novel in 1981, she's written fifty more, not to mention numerous short stories, comics, computer games and screenplays for TV and film, and has picked up the occasional award here and there. (She's also worked with Star Trek in more media than anyone else alive.)

Right now DD is probably best known for her "Young Wizards" series of young adult fantasy novels, featuring the New York-based teen wizards Kit Rodriguez and Nita Callahan. The series now enters its third decade with Nita's and Kit's newest adventure, GAMES WIZARDS PLAY, the tenth Young Wizards novel (published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in February 2016). Also new from DD in the Young Wizards universe are the interstitial collections INTERIM ERRANTRY (containing the 110,000-word YW novel LIFEBOATS), available at Amazon and from the author's ebook store EbooksDirect.co, and INTERIM ERRANTRY 2: ON ORDEAL (at this time available only at Ebooks Direct).

DD shares a two hundred-year-old cottage in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland with her husband, the Belfast-born novelist and screenwriter Peter Morwood, and various overworked computers... an odd but congenial environment for the staging of epic battles between good and evil and the leisurely pursuit of total galactic domination. (And a lot of ethnic cooking: her own favorite foods come from the cuisines of central Europe and the Mediterranean.) In her spare time DD gardens (weeding, mostly), studies German and Italian, chats with friends and fans on her Tumblr at dduane.tumblr.com, listens to shortwave and satellite radio, and dabbles in astronomy, computer graphics, iaido and amateur cartography... while also trying to figure out how to make more spare time.

Her favorite color is blue, her favorite food is a weird kind of Swiss scrambled-potato dish called maluns, she was born in a Year of the Dragon, and her sign is "Runway 24 Left, Hold For Clearance."

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Bill Reich
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
A Rousing Adventure
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2012
When I give five stars I usually have to explain that there aren't enough different ratings available and that the book in question is not _Kim_ or _The Lord of the Rings_ or _Huckleberry Finn_ or _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ Maybe I will include this book in some of... See more
When I give five stars I usually have to explain that there aren't enough different ratings available and that the book in question is not _Kim_ or _The Lord of the Rings_ or _Huckleberry Finn_ or _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ Maybe I will include this book in some of those future explanations. It is that good. I read it years ago and never forgot it, although my copy of the book got borrowed once too often. I _expected_ to give it five stars after re-reading it in Kindle form and I was not disappointed.
The protagonists in this book are cats. They are wizards who cooperate with human and other wizards in protecting life from entropy, the threat of the end of all things. And the source of entropy is an individual. He is greeted as "Eldest, Fairest and Fallen, greetings and defiance."
The team that goes on quest to deliver this defiance consists of three veteran cat-wizards and one youngster, in the first flush of his power and, of course, full of confusion and resentment.
The quest is often grim and there are tragedies along the way. And the triumph is probably not final. But there is great beauty on the voyage.
"My paw raised is Their paw on the neck of the serpent, now and always" part of Rhiow's oath
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Robert A. Sloan
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I dislike the reviewing system's change
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2016
I dislike the reviewing system's change, the yes-no to violence or sexual content. This book is about cats. It's not very explicit on either level but the challenges and combats in it are meaningful. They are powerful and emotionally engaging. The characters are cats! Sex... See more
I dislike the reviewing system's change, the yes-no to violence or sexual content. This book is about cats. It's not very explicit on either level but the challenges and combats in it are meaningful. They are powerful and emotionally engaging. The characters are cats! Sex for cats isn't the same as for humans and while a few human characters are tangential they're not the main focus. There's emotional conflict, there's very intense conflict, grief and loss and rage come into it, the book's layered and so well written that rereads show nuances and give it richness. I honestly couldn't remember for a moment if it had violence or sexual elements because however explicit or not, the intensity of those emotional connections and conflicts was completely immersive. I think it falls on the high side of all censors and sits as a spinoff of a youth series, however, a good book can be more powerful without being explicit than if it was - or be explicit but you don't notice because it is so meaningful.
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L. Sturgis
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Hard to find book
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2021
I have been looking for a copy of this book as a gift for a while. It arrived in mostly good good shape with one piece of the back cover peeled off. The book itself appeared to be intact.
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leftartist
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Not to be missed, read this book!!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2020
this is one of my all time favorite books!!!!!, I loaned my original copy out and it never came back, read this!!!, it’s brilliant, not to be missed, and can be revisited as often as you like
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The Castallen
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if not better praise than the original series
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2016
I started reading the Young Wizards Series when I was in the 6th grade. I've been hooked ever since. This is the first expanded universe book I've read and it deserves the same, if not better praise than the original series. It is more adult themed than the core... See more
I started reading the Young Wizards Series when I was in the 6th grade. I've been hooked ever since. This is the first expanded universe book I've read and it deserves the same, if not better praise than the original series.

It is more adult themed than the core series is but there's nothing wrong it's that. If you are going to get this for your kids I wouldn't recommend for under 15 or so to to some subject material, mostly the very dark revalation that comes about our fresh young wizard's kittenhood. Rarely has a book been able to bring more than coursery tears to my eyes, but this had me bawling. Of course that just shows the power of the story.

I must read for any fan of the author for sure.
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P. C. Smith
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A favorite
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2022
Love this story and series.
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Bennetheclone
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The feline wizards are delightfully complex characters who deal with ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2015
The feline wizards are delightfully complex characters who deal with the human world adroitly, each according to their natures. Rhiow, leader of the Gating Complex in New York, and her co-workers encounter a young wizard on Ordeal, who really isn't sure what he has gotten... See more
The feline wizards are delightfully complex characters who deal with the human world adroitly, each according to their natures. Rhiow, leader of the Gating Complex in New York, and her co-workers encounter a young wizard on Ordeal, who really isn't sure what he has gotten himself into yet. Diane Duane brings New York alive, from the perspective of ten inches off the ground, a rooftop ledge twenty stories high, or below the streets in the smoky tunnels of the subway system. This is a book I re-read, enjoying it again each time.
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S. Messer
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Love it
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2016
I don't know how many times I have read this book and its sequel but when I have run out of other things to read I can always come back to it again and know I won't be the least bit bored or disenchanted. The one hope I have is that Diane will continue to write about these... See more
I don't know how many times I have read this book and its sequel but when I have run out of other things to read I can always come back to it again and know I won't be the least bit bored or disenchanted. The one hope I have is that Diane will continue to write about these wonderful cat wizards-PLEASE!
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Scar
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A wonderfully creative book that blends fantasy and sci-fi seamlessly
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2017
A wonderfully creative book that blends fantasy and sci-fi seamlessly. The worldbuilding is wonderful, and the feline culture and language is well thought out and familiar to any cat lover. I picked it up as it seemed like the kind of book I would have loved as a child and...See more
A wonderfully creative book that blends fantasy and sci-fi seamlessly. The worldbuilding is wonderful, and the feline culture and language is well thought out and familiar to any cat lover. I picked it up as it seemed like the kind of book I would have loved as a child and found it just as good as an adult.

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JS
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Cats and magic - what more could you want?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 26, 2014
I would have given this 9/10 rather than 4/5 if the option was available. You don't have to be a cat-lover to like this book, although it probably helps since some of the behavioural quirks are written into the characters reactions. The story is well-paced as you'd expect...See more
I would have given this 9/10 rather than 4/5 if the option was available. You don't have to be a cat-lover to like this book, although it probably helps since some of the behavioural quirks are written into the characters reactions. The story is well-paced as you'd expect from Duane. Along with the rest of her Young Wizards series it's perfectly suited to an older children/young adult audience, although as an allegedly proper grown up I loved it too.

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Lone Wolf
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A decent story once it gets going
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 3, 2023
This is a fantastical story about magical cats who can travel between realities. They must maintain portals between the worlds, and prevent the incursion of dangerous otherworldly beings into their own plane of existence. The premise is intriguing, and once it gets going...See more
This is a fantastical story about magical cats who can travel between realities. They must maintain portals between the worlds, and prevent the incursion of dangerous otherworldly beings into their own plane of existence. The premise is intriguing, and once it gets going it’s a pretty interesting story. Unfortunately, it’s very slow-moving at the start and takes a while to get into. The first third of the book drags considerably, and the majority of it could be removed without harm to the plot, which would improve the pacing significantly. Cat-lovers should be aware that there’s some descriptions of cruelty you might find disturbing. It’s very rare for me to be genuinely upset by fiction, but this book made me cry, and I can count the number of books that did that on one hand. So make of that what you will. ‘The Book of Night with Moon’ certainly won’t be for everyone, but if you like cats and fantasy, and can plough through the tedious beginning, this is worth a read. After all, how many books feature cats fighting dinosaurs?

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A. Claughton
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Good but slow
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2014
I enjoyed the book and was tempted to give it four stars, but it was just a bit too slow at times. I think the main reason it was a 3 and not 4 is that I didn't feel the need to rush out and buy the next book in the series. Still, I did enjoy it. The characters were...See more
I enjoyed the book and was tempted to give it four stars, but it was just a bit too slow at times. I think the main reason it was a 3 and not 4 is that I didn't feel the need to rush out and buy the next book in the series. Still, I did enjoy it. The characters were interesting, and the world very well thought out and unique. I like cats, so this was right up my alley. I would recommend it for people who like world building - those looking for quick action books will probably be disappointed.

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Laura
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In great conditions!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2017
Exactly as advertised!

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