- Fantasy, Fiction, Xanth (Imaginary place), Fantasy fiction
Ordered by King Trent to determine the source of Xanth's magic, Bink and his companions were harried by an unseen enemy determined to thwart them. When even their protector turned against them, Blink still managed to reach his goal and carry out the King's orders...but the king did not expect Blink's next act--to destroy utterly the magic of Xanth!From the Paperback edition.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, epic and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Piers Anthony
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 326
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, Ballantine Books, Orbit
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345335555
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“The magic-sniffer ambled toward Bink, its long limber snout snuffling industriously.”
Piers Anthony was born in Oxford, England. When he was four years old, his family immigrated to the United States. He graduated from Goddard College in Vermont in 1956, the year he met and married his wife, Carol Marble. After working at odd jobs, he joined the U.S. Army in 1957 for steady income and medical insurance. In 1958, he became a U.S. citizen. He became an editor and cartoonist for the Battalion newspaper. He left the army in 1959 and briefly taught public school before becoming a full-time writer. Anthony currently lives with his wife on a tree farm which he owns in Florida.
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