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 A couple of novels by Diana Wynne Jones share a setting in which Earth is part of a multiverse protected by persons of great power called the Magids.The multiverse itself is shaped as an infinity sign, with two conjoined loops. One loop is "Ayewards", in which magic is common practice and easy to do, while the other is "Naywards", the worlds in which magic is nothing more than superstition, if not completely unknown. Our Earth is currently on the Naywards side, and seems to have been sliding back for a while. Keeping watch over the balance of magic, a group of persons of great power called the Magids have a great number of agents on each one of the worlds, Ayewards and Naywards alike.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })In Deep Secret, the senior Magid stationed on Earth dies. His successor Rupert Venables needs to find a successor himself to replace his late mentor, while at the same time helping deal with a succession crisis in the Koryfonic Empire, which sits at the center of the multiverse and spans many worlds. The first book has a lot of tense situations while still poking fun at its own nature and at fantasy conventions. It also is a novel for adults and thus has no qualms on mentioning sex and featuring horror.The Merlin Conspiracy deals with an Ayewards world in which the King of England and his court are the keepers of magic. One of the kids travelling with the court, Roddy, gets stranded and ends up uncovering untold magical power and a conspiracy that plans on taking over all magic. But who will believe her? A second plot strand which interweaves with the first concerns the continuing adventures of Nick Mallory, a supporting character in Deep Secret. The second book is somewhat tamer than the first and can be enjoyed without having read the first, though some backstory may be missed. It is also less definitely aimed at young adults; this is part of the reason it was not advertised as a sequel.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })
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