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Uptown Local and Other Interventions

This new anthology collects for the first time some of Diane Duane's most popular short work -- stories that range across time and space, with a visit to Duane's best-known creation, the seminal "Young Wizards" young adult / urban fantasy series.

The anthology contains:

* In The Company of Heroes — A billionaire “living the dream” goes on a desperate quest for the one thing he needs to make his life perfect: a very special comic book…
* The Rizzoli Bag — A sad young man in a Roman cafe is offered a once-in-a-lifetime bargain…
* Out of the Frying Pan — The life of a part-time witch working in a shopping mall is turned upside down in a day…
* The Queen and the Thief and the Dragon – A (fairy) tale of the True West, and a young monarch’s solution to a thorny diplomatic problem…
* Bears — An ancient sorrow (with a modern twist) wanders through the tumult of a pre-Lenten street carnival…
* The Fix — In the dark guts of Rome’s Colosseum, a slave boy with an impossible dream becomes entangled in the machinations of immortals…
* Herself — In the heart of Dublin, something is killing the People of the Hills — and it’s going to take Ireland’s only superhero to stop it…
* Hopper Painting — Desolation and redemption in a midnight diner, as trapped and desperate characters struggle with the tormented soul of the artist who created them…
* The Back Door — Two terrorists meet in Zurich to carry out a very unusual heist with a confederate who’s more dangerous than they imagine…

…And of course, the title story, beloved and sought after for a quarter-century by Young Wizards fans, in print again for the first time since being featured in the "So You Want to Be a Wizard" 20th anniversary hardcover: and along with it, the only other Young Wizards short story, "Theobroma."

"Duane is tops in the high adventure business." (Publishers Weekly)

Important places

Bern (27)
New York (7,400)

Counties

New York (8,072)

Regions

Dublin (403)
Bern (59)
Roma (1,363)
New York (9,763)

Countries

Italy (5,202)
Switzerland (876)
Ireland (2,156)
United States (64,950)

Other geographical areas

Leinster (650)
Alps (839)
Lazio (1,399)
Southern Europe (7,123)
North Atlantic Ocean (8,812)