Eight years after the end of Mr. Chasney's offworld Pilgrim Parties, the Wizards' University is in a shambles. Wizard Derk's griffin daughter Elda and her fellow first-year students encounter tyrannical tutors, boring lectures and truly terrible refectory food. But things get even worse when the University sends a letter to each of their families begging for funds. Now Elda and her friends must contend with a band of trained assasins, a flock of renegade griffins and an unexpected trip to the moon. Even with all the magical means at their disposal, will they make it through their first year?

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Another one I re-read a lot. Humorous, thought provoking, imaginative.

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The sequel to "The Dark Lord of Derkholm", this book takes place eight years after the ending of that one and focuses on characters from the previous novel that did not get much page time. I enjoyed the trip back into this magical world that Jones has created, but I wish that there was more of the old characters as well. It is definitely a good read if you have read the previous book

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