Books published by publisher Errantry Press

When the renowned saurian Species Archivist to the Powers that Be summons young wizard Kit Rodriguez to participate in an urgent off-planet intervention intended to save many millions of lives, Kit’s hardly going to say “no.” He soon discovers that not only he, but his wizardly partner Nita Callahan and her sister Dairine, his friend Ronan Nolan, and thousands of other wizards from Earth have also been drafted in to intervene on the distant world called Tevaral. The planet’s single huge moon Thesba has become tectonically unstable and will soon break up, raining its massive fragments down onto the surface of Tevaral and completely destroying it. The wizards’ mission: to extract Tevaral’s hominid population and “raft” them off-planet to new homeworlds before the apocalyptic disaster begins. There’s only one problem: millions of the people of Tevaral don’t want to go. Kit, Nita and thousands of their fellow Earth wizards must now race against time to find a way to save the Tevaralti despite their near-symbiotic relationship with their beloved world and its unique life forms. As doomsday inexorably draws nearer, hope is fading fast, and it seems like it’s going to take a miracle to keep the people of Tevaral from being wiped out. True, wizardry is all about miracles. But will one turn up in time?... "Young WIzards: Lifeboats" is a 90,000 word canonical work in the Young Wizards universe, and falls between YW book 9, "A Wizard of Mars", and the forthcoming book 10, "Games Wizards Play".

What happens between book 9 of the Young Wizards series, "A Wizard of Mars," and the forthcoming book 10, "Games Wizards Play"? Diane Duane answers the question in this volume, collecting together the three canonical works that constitute a "transitional trilogy" between books 9 and 10 -- a 150,000-word extravaganza of untold tales to help keep you going until the tenth book comes out in February 2016. "Interim Errantry" contains:The novella "Not On My Patch", the tale of an unusual Halloween in the Young Wizards' neighborhood, featuring overage Trick Or Treating, suburban zombies, and the Attack of the Killer Pumpkins.The novelette "How Lovely Are Thy Branches", a holiday-themed Young Wizards story in which an alien wizard who looks a lot like a Christmas tree gets the gift he wants most -- decorations -- and a memorable party and sleepover party are disrupted by a superblizzard and an incursion of alien ghosts. And finally, the new original Young Wizards novel "Lifeboats", the tale of a distant world threatened by unavoidable doom, an intervention that takes thousands of Earth's wizards, young and old, into harm's way, and a Valentine's Day that absolutely doesn't go as planned...

JD 2455550.52 / December 20th, 2010: It’s the day before the Winter Solstice. The biggest pre-Christmas blizzard for decades is heading straight for the New York metropolitan area. But tonight in one small corner of Nassau County there’s a holiday party at Juan and Marina Rodriguez’s house. And the guest of honor is a being from three hundred lightyears away who looks a whole lot like a Christmas tree... and wants to be decorated. The ensuing festivities (with an epic sleepover in the middle) bring together a cast of old and new friends to eat, drink, exchange presents, and see a few things the likes of which this world has never seen before…This 30,000+ word novelette is a canonical work in the Young Wizards universe and takes place between the events of "A Wizard of Mars" and the forthcoming "Games Wizards Play" (now available for preorder from Amazon) It's also available in "Interim Errantry", also available from Amazon -- the Young Wizards compendium volume containing the Halloween story "Not On My Patch" and the new original novel "Young Wizards: Lifeboats".

In this tale of a unique Halloween in the Young Wizards universe, tag along with Nita Callahan, Kit Rodriguez, Ronan Nolan, and Dairine Callahan as they do a little overage Trick or Treating in their own neighborhood, and find themselves going up against a dangerous old adversary in company with a peculiar new ally... This story, along with "How Lovely Are Thy Branches" and "Young Wizards: Lifeboats," forms a transitional trilogy of canonical works bridging Young Wizards book 9, "A Wizard of Mars," and the upcoming book 10, "Games Wizards Play." The compendium volume, "Interim Errantry", is also available on Amazon.com.

Don't take shrewd, eleven-year-old Dairine Callahan for just any bratty younger sibling. Impatient for adventure, knowledge, and recognition, maybe even a little jealous of her wizardly older sister, Dairine comes across Nita's copy of the Wizard's Manual and reads the Wizard's Oath aloud....Disappointingly, nothing seems to happen. But when her family's new computer arrives, Dairine discovers that it's come with a whole lot more than the usual bundled software.The computer contains a "beta" version of the new online edition of the Wizard's Manual. Wrapped up inside it is a whole world's worth of spells, secrets and magical knowledge...and it's all hers to play with.Never the kind to do anything by halves, Dairine launches herself into a reckless, cross-universe, high-voltage magical conflict with the Lone Power. It falls to Nita and Kit to track Dairine down before she gets into trouble so deep that not even her precocious brains can save her.But by the time they catch up with her, it's already too late. On a bleak and empty world, Dairine has already become the wizardly "godmother" to a brand new life-form. And the relentless Enemy of all new life is even now hot on her trail, intent on ending the threat Dairine poses...permanently."Pacing that doesn't let up from the very beginning...and a Heinleinesque affection for the characters. Duane writes about people you can really care about, with lots of quirks and endearing traits that feel real in a way most writers don't manage. ... Duane is a gifted storyteller." (Locus) "The sheer effrontery of the plot -- coupled with the gritty charm of the characters and the sprightly dialogue of these credible siblings -- makes for enormous fun." (Kirkus)A "Pick of the List" of American Bookseller Magazine

Young Wizards Book 4: There's magic across the Atlantic!Nita Callahan's mom and dad are beginning to get the idea that she and her fellow wizard Kit Rodriguez are "spending a little too much time together". So, explaining that they want to give Nita a little vacation from wizardry, they pack her off for a month-long stay with her eccentric Aunt Annie at her farm in Ireland. But this turns out to have been a bad move on Nita's parents' part, since Ireland is even more steeped in magical doings than the United States.Nita, initially certain that she's going to be bored out of her mind, soon finds that the serene beauty of the Irish landscape is deceptive. The ghosts of men and beasts and other beings -- including what seem to be heroes, ancient gods, and even the Powers that Be -- confront her at every turn.Along with a group of Irish wizards, Nita and Kit (who joins her in Ireland) go to battle with the Lone Power in yet another of Its many forms. The fight's a personal one, as always. But this time there's more than usual at stake, as the ancient Enemy of life attempts to submerge the everyday Ireland in an older, more dangerous one: a place where human beings are fairy tales, and the legends and monsters of Celtic myth are a deadly reality....This 2011 International Editionis available for purchase by readers outside the US and Canada. (North American readers can obtain theor own region-specific ebook editions of A Wizard Abroad from Amazon.com.)A new revised edition of A Wizard Abroad, updated by the author and available to readers worldwide, will be released by Errantry Press in the second half of 2011. Please check DianeDuane.com for dates and other details.