Millie comes home for Christmas after her first term at school, and all is well at the Castle. But at an outing to the circus she meets a strange girl with a wild, fizzing magic and Millie takes it upon herself - with the help of a slightly reluctant Christopher - to find out more about her, and see if they can help...

There is a point when actions sur promises.

Millie has gone back to school, and - not coincidentally - the whole Castle is feeling the weight of Christopher’s displeasure...

It's all over except for the part where it's just beginning. Mordecai makes his apologies.

Mordecai and Rosalie go undercover (after a fashion), Flavian is the most long-suffering friend in existence, and Chrestomanci's aides and his chief assistant do manage to work well together between the bickering.

Chrestomanci's chief assistant has more than enough on her shoulders without concerning herself with a former beau. Her head knows that, at least. Missing Moment from The Lives of Christopher Chant.

A rude awakening, a reckoning and a defining of loyalties. Missing moment from The Lives of Christopher Chant.

Mordecai would never be a good man. An alternate point of view on "By Omission."

They said confession was good for the soul. Mordecai wouldn't know. Missing Moment.

Rumors, lies and deliberate omissions. Mordecai is a cad, but to be fair, he's a miserable one. Pre-series.

""Welcome to Chrestomanci Castle, Marianne!" Millie's smile was so pleasant that Marianne felt a little of her nervousness vanish."

Alguns fatos sobre Millie e Christopher - Millie/Christopher

A brief poem from the perspective of Throgmorten, because he's only the coolest cat ever : Plus after finally discovering a Diana Wynne Jones section exists I couldn't resist writing something for it...

Semi-sequel to The Day Boredom Set In. Cat Chant's rhetorical question leads the children to discover something about the Chrestomanci that they rather wish they hadn't discovered and a small mess in the entry hall.

Everything is calm and orderly at Chrestomanci Castle, and elsewhere, nobody is calling for help. See what Chrestomanci does when he has absolutely nothing to do.