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n. (plural of switcher English)
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Switchers is the first book of the Switchers Trilogy by Kate Thompson. Originally published in Ireland in 1994, it was first published in Great Britain by The Bodley Head in 1997. It introduces Tess and Kevin, the two main characters of the series. The story begins in Dublin, although most of the book is set in the Arctic circle.
The first book by this award-winning writer, it was described as "unmissable" and "spellbinding" by the Sunday Telegraph while in the Guardian it was called "one of the best books of the year". It was shortlisted for the Smarties Book Award in 1998.
Usage examples of "switchers".
However, the current king had nothing to do with the magic that kept switchers from the royal bedchambers either.
After the Curse, the wards operated mainly to prevent switchers from entering or, more importantly, leaving and to imprison cannibals.
Collins could sec why the Barakhain royalty might take special pains to see to the demise of an item that allowed switchers through long-placed magical barriers, since it would also grant commoners access to the rulers' quarters.
The presence of this gang of switchers, including the dogs, must have kept the cougar from returning to finish him.
The only similar magic he knew of kept switchers from the royal quarters.
We can create smaller magics that help switchers learn to control what they have: to increase the time spent in their preferred forms, to increase overlap, to allow those with strong overlap to control the switch itself so they can take whichever form they wish whenever they desire it.
Much of it, we think, is because, on a world of body switchers, the potential for immortality exists if there is a constant and available supply of young bodies.
It was amusing to see the characteristics of Sanda in my body, as it had tickled me to see some legit switchers in similar circumstances.
Bill says most of the switchers are from the Type One worlds 'cause many of 'em got better hearin' and can see more stuif than we can and for some reason that's important.
Them switchers used translators and so many worlds was alike enough to them that they usually got it wrong anyways.
But to complicate things further, there are some new, big, centralized broadband backbone switchers that serve a lot of traffic.
Claim agents reneging on markers, magnet toters trying to empty slot machines against all the laws of chance, junket masters who sneaked in bad-credit artists with phony ID’s, house dealers dumping out, keno ticket forgers, computer boys at blackjack tables, dice switchers by the thousand.