House of Many Ways

　　「跟我做個交易怎麼樣?」火魔卡西法說。「如果妳同意幫我破除這個將我綁死的契約，我就幫妳破除身上的咒語。」

　　還記得七里格靴和隱形斗篷都確實存在的印格利國嗎？那裡有座在馬克奇平鎮上空徘徊的移動城堡，蘇菲因為觸怒了荒地女巫而被詛咒，於是前往移動城堡尋求協助，也因此展開了與城堡主人魔法師豪爾之間的一段感情。

　　到了《飛天魔毯》的故事裡，已經結為夫妻的蘇菲與霍爾，生了一個名為摩根的可愛小男孩，他們在地毯商亞伯杜拯救夜之花公主的冒險裡，扮演著關鍵的角色。

　　《迷宮小屋》是魔法師霍爾系列的完結篇，也是黛安娜．韋恩．瓊斯的遺作，一棟屬於巫師的屋子，等待大家來探索其中隱藏的祕密！

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　　莎而曼答應在巫師叔公生病離開時接手照顧叔公那棟屋子之後，她期待的是一個沒有人管東管西的自在生活，可以把所有時間拿來閱讀，然而，出現在她眼前的卻是一棟奇特怪異的房子，加上一隻貪吃的小狗，以及莫名其妙出現、想跟叔公學法術的男孩彼得，同時，某種名叫勒波的可怕生物也盯上她。

　　這可不是莎而曼想要的生活，但是混亂還沒結束，國王希望她幫忙找尋一種名為「精靈力」的東西，卻沒有人知道那是什麼，此時蘇菲、蘇菲的兒子摩根、火魔卡西法、還有用了令人火大的扮相偽裝自己的巫師霍爾都來攪局，莎而曼要如何搞定這讓人頭痛的一切？

　　一個精巧與令人滿意的奇幻故事。──美國圖書館協會星級評論

　　——中文書介摘錄自《魔法師豪爾系列 3 迷宮小屋》，尖端出版

In this sequel to the international bestseller Howl’s Moving Castle, bookish Charmain finds herself smack in the middle of magical court intrigues . . . and dealing with the dashing Wizard Howl.

When Charmain Baker agreed to look after her great-uncle’s house, she thought she was getting blissful, parent-free time to read. She didn’t realize that the house bent space and time, and she did not expect to become responsible for an extremely magical stray dog and a muddled young apprentice wizard.

Now, somehow, she’s been targeted by a terrifying creature called a lubbock, too, and become central to the king’s urgent search for the fabled Elfgift that will save the country. The king is so desperate to find the Elfgift, he’s called in an intimidating sorceress named Sophie to help. And where Sophie is, the great Wizard Howl and fire demon Calcifer won’t be far behind.

How did respectable Charmain end up in such a mess, and how will she get herself out of it?

All fans of classic fantasy books deserve the pleasure of reading those by Diana Wynne Jones, whose acclaim included the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. As Neil Gaiman stated, she was ＂quite simply the best writer for children of her generation.＂

The three books in the World of Howl are:

Howl’s Moving CastleCastle in the AirHouse of Many Ways

Other beloved series from Dianna Wynne Jones include the Chronicles of Chrestomanci and the Dalemark Quartet.