Jones, Diana Wynne

Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives.

Chrestomanci, a feline enchanter with nine lives, works to control the practice of magic in the infinite parallel universes of the Twelve Related Worlds.

Conrad Tesdinic is sent to Stallery Mansion in an effort to fix his bad karma and discover who is pulling the possibilities--changing the details of the world, and is befriended by Christopher Chant, a future Chrestomanci who will be responsible for managing the magic of the Twelve Related Worlds, who is on a mission of his own. Includes the story "The Pinhoe Egg" which revisits Chrestomanci Castle.

An illustrated collection of short stories and excerpts from longer works dealing with witches, fairies, magic, and fantasy worlds.

Rupert Venables, a junior Magid assigned to maintain the balance between positive and negative magic on Earth and on the troublesome planets of the Koryfonic Empire, encounters a problem when the Empire's ruler is assassinated without a known heir, and Rupert's own senior Magid dies, leaving Rupert to replace him.

Derk, an unconventional wizard, and his magical family become involved in a plan to put a stop to the devastating tours of their world arranged by the tyrannical Mr. Chesney.

Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.

Christopher Chant, the strikingly unmagical son of a sorceress and an enchanter, finds that he has nine lives.

Sirius the dog star is reborn on earth as a puppy with a mission to search for the lost Zoi, the murder weapon of the stars.

Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become daily fare.