As the Lone Power is gloating in his anticipated victory, Nita's mother is able to take control of the kernel and defeat the Lone Power. He helps her undo the deal she was in the process of making with the Lone Power for her mother's life, but she is still unable to eliminate all of the cancer. Callahan's body to aid Nita and her mother. Kit, using the universes Ponch creates, is able to also enter Mrs. While her mother is in surgery, Nita enters her body with Pralaya and begins to search for the kernel in order to kill the cancer, leaving Kit behind.

She discusses it with Kit, who decides to help her as well. She then discovers that the wizard may be overshadowed by the Lone Power, making it a dangerous prospect for them to work together. While practicing, Nita meets a wizard named Pralaya who might be able to join her in saving her mother's life. Nita begins to practice with kernels - magical 'software' that describes and reflects the surrounding area- in order to try to save her mother's life. Meanwhile, Kit finds out that his dog, Ponch, is able to create universes out of nothing, bringing in a lot of research possibilities where they can explore. In the meantime, Nita's mother falls ill and is taken to the hospital with a brain tumor.

Nita and Kit start to fight about the solution to the pollution in Jones Inlet, leading Nita to start to work on her own for a while. The Wizard's Dilemma is the fifth book in the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane.

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