My mother in law is here in an hour and I really shouldn't have sat down and read a book non stop for the last 5ish hours.but I did. 2 Books 1 Dark Lord of Derkholm Diana Wynne Jones From 4.39 2 The Year of the Griffin Diana Wynne Jones From 3. They go on a adventure where they meet enemies who want to get in their way and a prophecy that determines their destiny. A group of travellers get pulled from our world into a fantastical world full of magic. See the complete Derkholm series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Dark Lord of Derkholm Edit This is a retelling of a story everyone has heard before. All in all a brilliant read and I really did mean to do something else today. The Derkholm book series by Diana Wynne Jones includes books Dark Lord of Derkholm and The Year of the Griffin. Some well done scenes that are actually horrific in their own way, but done so that a younger reader could gloss over, very clever. Absolutely full of wonderful, well built characters (as Diana Wynne Jones is so, so good at!) and I'm not sure who I liked the most. I loved the concept - paid tours of fantasy land - having read plenty of 'people from earth suddenly transported to a land of magic and dragons' books but never seen it run as a profitable (to some) business and from the point of view of those acting out the fantasy clichés. Oh, the joy of a Diana Wynne Jones book I've never read, at age 37! Howl's Moving Castle has been my favourite book for over 20!! years and while I didn't fall in love in quite the same way (my nickname at age 12 or 13 *was* Howl), I adored this book and the feeling of family I got from it.
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