Conrad's Fate. [A Chrestomanci Story].

Uncorrected Proof. 8vo. 288pp. Glossy printed wraps.

The sixth published volume in The Worlds of Chrestomanci fantasy series, but third in the author's preferred chronological order. Twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic is apprenticed to the Stallery Mansion, where he tries to master his bad karma and prevent his world from being pulled into a parallel universe.

Winner of the 1978 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for Charmed Life, the first in the series. Her earlier children's books – long out of print – have been re-issued in the wake of the Harry Potter franchise. "Conrad's Fate is quintessential Chrestomanci – funny, smart, twisty, exciting, tricky, delightful and always perfectly magical." –Neil Gaiman