PRAISE FOR DEEP SECRET

“There is a daft and complicated multiverse presided over by an inner ring of fallible guardians, an entangling of science and enchantment, a preposterous plot, a large cast list featuring numerous characters who prove to be wearing masks over secret identities … a hidden savior, and outrageous juxtapositions of tragedy, farce, high melodrama, and high fantasy.

“All this is told in a deceptively breathless style, as though the words were just bubbling unchecked from the wells of imagination. A second reading reveals, soberingly, how many apparent decorative flourishes and fragments of byplay are efficiently laying groundwork for revelations to come.… Diana Wynne Jones not only carries all this off splendidly, but successfully shifts gears into high fantasy for a quest … there are plenty more secrets to be enjoyably discovered in Deep Secret; this seems a good time to stop and echo that.”

—Charmed Lives

“Throughout, Jones combines strong writing, high fantasy heroics, and delightfully dark humor to sparkling effect.”

—Publishers Weekly

“An orchestrated riot, with tangled plots, bizarre doings, headlong pace, and foaming wit.”

—Kirkus Reviews

THE SPELLCOATS

“A haunting, wonderful book.”

—Paul Hazel

“Superior fantasy … An excellent book.”

—Andre Norton

ARCHER’S GOON

“One of the strengths of this story lies in Jones’s ability to create memorable, idiosyncratic characters with swift, sure strokes of detail.… Leaves readers wanting more.”

—School Library Journal (starred review)