Authors: Diana Wynne Jones

Power of Three (34 page)

THE DALEMARK QUARTET

Book 1
: Cart and Cwidder

Book 2
: Drowned Ammet

Book 3
: The Spellcoats

Book 4
: The Crown of Dalemark

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Jones, Diana Wynne.

Power of Three

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Summary: The curse of Orban spreads bad luck to the rest of the Otmounders, the Giants, and the Dorig until three Otmounder children are born with Gifts.

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