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Tor Books
October 2008
On Sale: October 14, 2008
304 pages ISBN: 0765319357 EAN: 9780765319357 Hardcover
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Fantasy
The future of Xanth is in frightful peril. A powerful
magical bird named Ragna Roc has embarked on a campaign to
become absolute ruler of that mystical realm. Those who
swear loyalty to him are spared. The rest are simply
disappeared. So powerful are Ragna’s sorceries that even the Good
Magician Humfrey dares not confront him directly. Instead
he enlists Cyrus the Cyborg, a handsome half-human
playwright with little knowledge of the world, in a
stealthy subterfuge. Cyrus must assemble a troupe of
traveling players to attract Ragna’s interest. And hidden
in disguise among the bevy of beautiful young actresses are
the young princesses, Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm, whose
magics might just be a match for the evil bird. But Ragna has planted a spy in the midst of the troupe, one
who knows their deepest secrets, including the true nature
of Cyrus’s forbidden love for one of the young princesses.
Only a mysterious child called Kadence, and a cryptic clue —
“Two to the Fifth" — may give the companions the edge they
need to defeat Ragna’s dictatorial dreams. Brimming with passion and merriment, drama and deception,
Piers Anthony’s thirty-second Xanth fantasy is a pun-packed
performance sure to provoke applause and ovations from the
series’ myriad fans.
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