Nita has to face up to her mother being very sick and Kit has been distracted by other matters. She's convinced that their relationship has trouble, but it's those troubles of finding places in their partnership and how they work with each other. The Lone Power offers her choices but what are the costs of those choices.

I like the solidity of this series. The charcters are interesting and the world consistent. ( )

The Wizard's Dilemma is based in the Wizard's Oath which says, in part, "In Life's name and for Life's sake, I say that I will use the Art for nothing but the service of that Life. I will guard growth and ease pain. I will fight to preserve what grows and lives well in its own way; and I will change no object or creature unless its growth and life, or that of the system of which it is part, are threatened...."

In Deep Wizardry Nita faced giving her own life to save other beings and help the world. Here Nita must decide to what lengths she will go to protect one life even at the cost of many. what will happen when she faces the beings with opposing life purposes? Nita has been estranged from her wizard partner Kit and during this ordeal she isolates herself even further. She needs help but does not want to taint anyone other than herself if her actions bring disaster upon her.

Nita faces her greatest challenge in facing the Lone Power's attack on her mother in the form of cancer. Very moving addition to the series. ( )