Wizards At War

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This New Millennium Edition of Wizards at War follows the text of the 2011 Young Wizards International Editions ebook, and has been revised and edited to conform with the new timeline established in the New Millennium Edition of So You Want to Be a Wizard.

Dedication

Once again, and more than usual,

for James White

Rubrics

“Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter…. Once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.”

—Sir Winston Churchill

…Moon reflected on the water:

The moon doesn’t get wet,

nor is the water broken.

Although its light is broad and great,

The moon’s reflected even

in an inch-wide puddle.

The whole moon and the entire wide sky

Lie mirrored in one dewdrop on the grass.

—Dogen, Genjokoan

To be the miracle,

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