The Dark Lord of Derkholm
volume 1, Derkholm
Published: 2013
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A humorous fantasy adventure from the Godmother of fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones. Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature in 1999.
A humorous fantasy from Diana Wynne Jones. In a world next door to ours, the tourist industry is devastating the population by its desire to experience all the fantasy cliches - Dark Lords, impoverished villages, dragons etc.
The Head of the University resolves to shut the tours down; the only problem being the ruthless tour-master - and his all-powerful demons. To save them all, the incompetent wizard Derk is appointed as Dark Lord in the hope that he will ruin the tours, and sure enough proceeds to fail at everything due to his general uselessness. But can failing at everything lead to a win this time?
This is volume 1 in Derkholm .
This book was published 2013 by HarperCollins Publishers .
Diana Wynne Jones (1934 - 2011) was a British writer, of fantasy novels for children and adults, best known for the Chrestomanci series and `Howl's Moving Castle'.
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