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THE HIGH IMPEDANCE OF MAGIC
"The task is simple," master magician Rosimar said.
"Just remove the weights from the scale in the order
indicated when I signal"

As Rosimar hurried to the doorway, Jemidon studied
the scale. An array of springs and switches clustered around
the balancing arm. from which ropes, pipes, and pulleys led
to other apparatus of magic.

Jemidon saw Rosimar wave an arm to begin and took a
step, extending his arm to remove the top weight from one
pan of the scale. But as he did, he tripped and stumbled.
His hand crashed into the weights, sending them al! to the
floor. His feet tangled in the ropes and levers. With snaps
and twangs, they jerked free of the moorings. He heard a
sharp crack as the ballista released its charge. In a moment,
the place was a chaos of wreckage and wild confusion.

Once again. Jemidon had failed abjectly at the simplest
practice of magic. The great experiment was ruined. And
now there would be no way to save Augusta and himself
from the slave collars of Trocolar!



Secret Of The Sixth Magic
Lyndon Hardy
A Del Rey Book
Published by Ballantine Books

Copyright ┬й 1984 by Lyndon Hardy

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc.,
New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited,
Toronto.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 84-91032

ISBN 0-345-30309-1
Manufactured in the United States of America

First Edition: September 1984

Cover art by Rowena Morrill

Map by Shelly Shapiro