- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Warner Books (31 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0446608556
- ISBN-13: 978-0446608558
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 2 x 17.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,718,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"QUITE CHARMING...ENTERTAINING...A SUCCESSFUL FOLLOW-UP TO THE BOOK OF NIGHT WITH MOON...DUANE DOES A FINE JOB". -- Sci-Fi Universe
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Traveling back in time to 1874 London to prevent an assassination plot against Queen Victoria, the feline wizards of Grand Central Station -- leader Rhiow and her able partners Urrah and Arhu -- must summon their powers to avert disaster in Victorian England, or else their archenemy, the evil Lone One, will warp time and trigger Armageddon. Teamed with a young Arthur Conan Doyle, Queen Victoria herself, and other historical figures, the feline wizards set out to find the forgotten magic that will rewrite history -- or the cats who can save mankind will never have existed.
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At just before 5 P.M. on a weekday, the upper-track level of Grand Central Terminal looks much as it does at any other time of day: a striped gray landscape of long concrete islands stretching away from you into a dry, iron-smelling night, under the relentless fluorescent glow of the long lines of overhead lighting. Read the first page
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At just before 5 P.M. on a weekday, the upper-track level of Grand Central Terminal looks much as it does at any other time of day: a striped gray landscape of long concrete islands stretching away from you into a dry, iron-smelling night, under the relentless fluorescent glow of the long lines of overhead lighting. Read the first page
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The second adventure of Rhiouw and the feline wizard getekeepers who first appeared in THE BOOK OF NIGHT WITH MOON (although Rhiouw's predecessor appeared in SO YOU WANT TO BE A WIZARD).
If you loved TBONWM and Duane's Nita and Kit books, you'll probably at least like this one. If I'm less than totally wowed it's partly because the incidental characters are rather boring. The confrontation that sets up the penultimate "surprise-ending" chapter comes out of left field and makes the climax less satisfying than the previous sequences of Victorian London and Arhu's reconciliation with his past.
All that being said, it's a good read especially if you're already a Duane fan (as I've been for years). NB: the book appeared in the UK as ON HER MAJESTY'S WIZARDLY SERVICE (for a change, the US title is better, more appropriate).
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book and was disapointed to discove that I had a copy under a different title. It is a well told story in Diane Duane's wizard series with cats as the hero's. Recommended
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm puzzled by the comment left by the Reader from Kentucky--this book is not about a powerful girl at all, but about cat-wizards whose job it is to guard our world from evil. In this story they travel back to the time of Queen Victoria in order to save her from assassination (and save our own world at the same time). If you love cats, you'll love the way the author presents them here!
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Five stars
Ah...she's done it once again. Makes me want to read E. Wallis Budge.
Published on 14 May 1999
Nothing exciting
Another plain dragging story of a powerful girl. When will these stereotypes end?! It's so sickening to read of another magical girl who gets powers out of nowhere. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 1999
Great return to the Great Duane's fantasy universe
At Grand Central Station, Rhiow and her feline peers (do not tell Rhiow that they are her peers) guard the magical gate that links worlds through time. Read more
Published on 6 Feb 1999
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