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Greenwillow Books, New York
Copyright ┬й 1998 by Diana Wynne Jones
The right of Diana Wynne Jones to be identified as
author of this work has been asserted by her.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be
reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
recording, or by any information storage and retrieval
system, without permission in writing from the
Publisher, Greenwillow Books, a division of William
Morrow & Company, Inc.,
1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.
www.williammorrow.com
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jones, Diana Wynne. Dark Lord of Derkholm / by
Diana Wynne Jones.
p. cm. Summary: 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.
ISBN 0-688-16004-2
[1. Fantasy. 2. MagicтАФFiction.] I. Title.
Pz7.J684Dar 1998 97-32661 CIP AC
 For all my grandchildren




One
Will you all be quiet!тАЭ snapped High Chancellor Querida. She
pouched up her eyes and glared around the table.
тАЬI was only trying to sayтАФтАЭ a king, an emperor, and several
wizards began.
тАЬAt once,тАЭ said Querida, тАЬor the next person to speak spends the
rest of his life as a snake!тАЭ
This shut most of the University Emergency Committee up.
Querida was the most powerful wizard in the world, and she had a
special feeling for snakes. She looked like a snake herself, small and
glossy-skinned and greenish, and very, very old. Nobody doubted