# A Wizard Alone > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/A_Wizard_Alone > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/A_Wizard_Alone.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wizard_Alone > Source revision: 1354707391 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article has been nominated for merging into Young Wizards. You are welcome to participate in the merging discussion, which will decide whether to merge it into Young Wizards. This discussion may also result in the article being deleted, redirected, or draftified. Feel free to improve the article, but do not remove this notice before the discussion is closed. Find sources: "A Wizard Alone" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR%5B%5BWikipedia%3AArticles+for+deletion%2FDeep+Wizardry%5D%5DAFD Novel by Diane Duane This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "A Wizard Alone" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message) A Wizard Alone Cover art for A Wizard Alone Author Diane Duane Cover artist Cliff Nielsen Language English Series Young Wizards Genre Fantasy novel Publisher Harcourt Trade Publishers Publication date 2002 Publication place United States Media type Print (Mass market paperback) Pages 352 ISBN 0-15-204911-8 OCLC 53067386 LC Class PZ7.D84915 Wj 2002 Preceded by The Wizard's Dilemma Followed by Wizard's Holiday *A Wizard Alone* is the sixth book in the [Young Wizards](/source/Young_Wizards) series by [Diane Duane](/source/Diane_Duane). It is the sequel to *[The Wizard's Dilemma](/source/The_Wizard's_Dilemma)*. ## Plot summary The author has made major changes for the [New Millennium](/source/Young_Wizards#New_Timeline) revision of the series, which are not reflected in the plot summary given here.[1] After the events of *The Wizard's Dilemma* (her mother's death) Nita is depressed. She has also been having some strange dreams concerning a lone character refusing any help. She has some trouble understanding the lone character's Speech. Meanwhile, Kit is asked by Tom and Carl to help find Darryl McAllister, an autistic boy who is on his Ordeal - and has been for the past three months but Darryl is not all that he seems. He is an Abdal: a figure of tremendous power and a conduit for goodness from The One who limits the power of the Lone One in the Universe and can exist in more than one place at once. Utilizing Ponch's ability to "walk" through universes, Kit enters Darryl's mind to assist him in the Ordeal where he sees Darryl tortured, but overexposure causes Kit to exhibit antisocial tendencies and mood swings picked up from Darryl himself. He begins to take on Darryl's autistic traits and becomes trapped in Darryl's mind. As Nita looks into strange dreams she begins to understand the lone character who she realizes is the boy Kit is looking into, Darryl. When she realizes that Darryl is an Abdal and that he is actually tricking the Lone One she enters his mind in an attempt to save both Kit and Darryl. Darryl, meanwhile, has created in his mind a trap in which he traps the Lone One and forces him to experience the autism that he deals with daily. This is the trap Kit becomes stuck in and Nita is forced to enter. In the end Nita breaks the trap and frees Darryl, Kit and the Lone One. Darryl forces the Lone One to accept a deal in which Darryl remains in his own universe if the Lone One will return to it someday. However Darryl escapes this deal through his ability to exist in more than one place and leaves his autistic self behind in the universe while he returns to his body free of autism. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hillary, Alyssa (April 29, 2015). ["Review: *A Wizard Alone* by Diane Duane"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160404223044/http://disabilityinkidlit.com/2015/04/29/review-a-wizard-alone-by-diane-duane/). *Disability in Kidlit*. Archived from [the original](http://disabilityinkidlit.com/2015/04/29/review-a-wizard-alone-by-diane-duane/) on April 4, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016. The sixth book and focus of my review, *A Wizard Alone*, received the most changes, primarily around the representation of Darryl McAllister, a young autistic African-American wizard introduced in this book. ## External links - [Young Wizards Website](https://www.youngwizards.com/A-Wizard-Alone-Mass-Market-Edition) - [Children and Young Adult Literature portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Children_and_Young_Adult_Literature) v t e Young Wizards by Diane Duane Novels So You Want to Be a Wizard Deep Wizardry High Wizardry A Wizard Abroad The Wizard's Dilemma A Wizard Alone Wizard's Holiday Wizards at War A Wizard of Mars Interim Errantry Games Wizards Play Feline Wizards The Book of Night with Moon On Her Majesty's Wizardly Service (UK) / To Visit the Queen (US) Authority control databases Open Library This article about a 2000s fantasy novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. See guidelines for writing about novels. 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