Knot Gneiss
Author | Piers Anthony |
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Cover artist | Darrell K. Sweet |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | 12 October 2010 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 304 |
ISBN | 0-7653-2352-4 |
Preceded by | Jumper Cable |
Followed by | Well-Tempered Clavicle |
Knot Gneiss is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the 34th book of the Xanth series.
Plot introduction[]
This is about Jumper's friend Wenda Woodwife, who has a nymphly front but no back, being hollow from behind, who speaks with the forest dialect: "I wood knot dew that to yew." She has to transport a boulder made of petrified reverse wood that naturally terrifies (petrifies) everyone else. She has to put together a group of six or more and starts out her journey asking help from her best friend Jumper, King of the Spiders, and enlists the aid of a winged mermaid, the Princess Ida, a fallen angel, and a handsome prince in search of his princess
Categories:
- Xanth books
- 2010 American novels
- Tor Books books
- 2010s fantasy novel stubs