A Sudden Wild Magic

An AvoNova Book William Morrow and Company, Inc. New York

a sudden wild magic is an original publication of Avon Books. This work has never before appeared in book form. This work is a novel. Any similarity to actual persons or events is purely coincidental. AVON BOOKS A division of The Hearst Corporation 1350 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10019 Copyright © 1992 by Diana Wynne Jones Published by arrangement with the author

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 92-10860 ISBN: 0-688-11882-8

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A sudden wild magic / Diana Wynne Jones, p. cm. ISBN 0-688-11882-8: $22.00 I. Title.

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