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It is nineteenth century London, and magic and science are at war. Queen Victoria is on the verge of replacing Dr. Stixby, her witch doctor, with royal superintendent of scientific progres, Stafford Sparks. Dr. Stixby's son, the wizard Kit, seems an unlikely candidate to save magic's good name. So far, turning silverware into frogs (not very successfully) and traveling on his flying carpet to meet his friends, including the queen's grandson, Henry, for a grand old time of throwing magic soot bombs down chimneys are the only kinds of things he's been doing with this powers.But when through Kits reckless actions Henry is bitten by a deadly werewolf there are dire consequences. And when a friend's betrayal finds Kit, Henry, and the rest of the gang slaves to the evil Sparks, whose horrifying plot is finally revealed, Kit must find a way to use his powers reponsibly and well if he is to save his friends, magic itself -- and the world....