 First UK edition | |
| Author | Diana Wynne Jones |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Tim Stevens[1] |
| Language | English |
| Series | Chrestomanci |
| Genre | Children's fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Collins |
Publication date | March 2005 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 393 (first edition)[2] |
| ISBN | 978-0-00-719085-0 |
| OCLC | 57199954 |
| Preceded by | Mixed Magics |
| Followed by | The Pinhoe Egg |
Conrad's Fate is a children's fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones published by Collins in 2005. It was the sixth published of the seven Chrestomanci books (1977 to 2006).[3]
Conrad is the protagonist, a twelve-year-old boy sent to work at the local castle ("Stallery"), with a magical mission to kill someone who is neither named nor described. Fifteen-year-old Christopher Chant (The Lives of Christopher Chant) applies for work at the same time on a personal mission. They are both hired.
The Chrestomanci books are collectively named for a powerful enchanter and British government official called "the Chrestomanci" in a world parallel to ours, who supervises the use of magic - an office that requires a nine-lifed enchanter and which is responsible for supervising all use of magic in the Related Worlds (worlds that speak English). Conrad's Fate is set perhaps three decades ago in a world quite different from ours, during the adolescence of Christopher Chant, who is Chrestomanci in five of the other books in the series.
- ^ Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones: HarperCollins Children's Books 9780007190850 Hardback with paper jacket, First edition & printing – Booksort. Retrieved 11 February 2013
- ^ The infobox provides data from ISFDB for the first UK edition (from "Publisher" to "OCLC Number"). Conrad's Fate (first edition) publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ Chrestomanci series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2012-04-28.