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Piers Anthony
First in the sci-fi series packed with exotic beings, ancient secrets, and futuristic worlds from the New York Times-bestselling author (The Portalist).
As Cluster opens, the alien envoy Pnotl of…
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Youth is wasted on the young. Being grown up is a drag . . . or so thinks Lacuna, one of the mischievous Castle Zombie twins.
So she makes the…
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Perplexed Prince Dolph, Xanth's precocious shapeshifter, should be in love but isn't. Nonetheless, he must chose between two fiancEes-Nada the uninterested and Electra the uninteresting-or all three of them will…
We See England, We See Xanth, We See Mels's Underpanth.
In fact, Gwenny Goblin, Che Centaur and Jenny Elf are just about the only creatures on Xanth who have been…
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Before Tod Timmins meets the naked waif, the vampire, the wizard, and the others, he's just a dull man engaged in manual labor. The job, good for the body but…
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In a tiny village, just off the universe-spanning trail of the Amoeba, young, telepathic were-creatures are schooled in the mystery and wonder of the human body--its practicalities as well as…
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Michael R. Collings examines the life and work of American science fiction author Piers Anthony. Starmont Reader’s Guide 20.
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Wandering tribes of primitive humans meet and fight and love and die. When one tribe meets another, individuals fight inside a Battle Circle. The loser must become a member of…
Mare Imbri, a deliverer of bad dreams, is made partially real so that she can warn King Trent of Xanth about the coming invasion.
An alien being is out to save the galaxy in book two of the New York Times-bestselling author’s Cluster series.
Chaining the Lady is the second Cluster book. Melody, a…
Two warring galaxies unite against a common threat in this continuation of the New York Times-bestselling author’s Cluster series.
Twice before, Milky Way Galaxy has been on the verge of…
In this novel from the New York Times-bestselling author, the discovery of a new Ancient Site triggers an intergalactic competition to exploration.
On the world called Eccentric, a new Ancient…
A warlike alien species is bent on destroying a pacifist alien species in this intergalactic adventure novel from the New York Times-bestselling author.
Viscous Circle is a story about a…
Return to Xanth on an adventurous quest, rife with magical creatures and arduous tasks!
A were-unicorn searches for the meaning of life, love, and sex in this novel of shape-shifting fantasy from the New York Times-bestselling author of Amoeba.
In a tiny village, just…
Two Ordinary People from Mundania travel to Xanth to defeat a rogue Night Colt in the latest in a beloved series from bestselling author Piers Anthony.
The Night Colt has…
Dor is preparing to be the next Magician-King of the magic land of Xanth, when the reigning King fails to return from a mission to Mundania.
Stile attempts to maintain a balance in the amount of magic material existing in two alternate worlds–Phaze and Proton–when an irregularity threatens the existence of both worlds.
A thrilling and imaginative adventure story set in a fantastical world where women have assumed all the positions of power and men are relegated to the status of slaves.
This…
Phthor is the sequel to Chthon, less intricately structured and less complicated in plot, but still quite dark and ugly in theme and detail. Rather than flashbacks and flash-forwards, it…
Penn and Chandelle, an older couple, rent a house in the city at a bargain price and discover that its back door opens onto an endless forest. Now they know…
Finesse, a seductive imperial agent, convinces Knot, a mutant with telepathic powers, to help her unseat the powerful ruler of another world, who threatens to take over the Empire.
Tiny Grundy Golem rides the Monster Under the Bed to the Ivory Tower in search of Stanley Steamer, a lost dragon, but he finds Rapunzel instead.
The miracle planet discovered, Explored-and revealed!
Welcome to the fantastic planet of Tarot! It is a land of horror and adventure, a nightmarish realm beyond the curtain of the Animation…
Careening between two-worlds–Proton, the world of science, and Phaze, the world of magic–Stiles must earn his life in the annual games on Proton and become a Blue Adept, a master…
Soon after escaping assassination on the highly technical, science- oriented planet of Proton, Stile finds himself in a world of sorcery and magic where another power seeks his destruction.
Welcome back to the universe spanning realm of the Amoeba, where harmony is entrusted to an unlikely group of heroes, and where, when the ordinary no longer applies, the extraordinary…
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The Dastard, a soulless scoundrel with the power to erase history, threatens the future of Xanth. But he underestimates the courage of a young girl named Becka, part human and…
There’s no dancing around a demonic threat in the fantasy world of Xanth in the New York Times-bestselling series.
Squid, the alien cuttlefish, is getting an upgrade: a boost to…
You’re better wed than dead-even in Xanth-in the hilariously punny new adventure in the fantasy series soon to be adapted for film and television!
Squid may only be a tween…
No one’s safe when a pundemic spreads through the land of Xanth in this madcap adventure from the New York Times-bestselling author.
What’s a single prince to do when confronted…
Norton, grief-stricken over the death of his child and the suicide of his beloved, volunteers to become the Incarnation of Time and finds himself enmeshed in Satan’s foul plot to…
The Night Colt has one ambition: to deliver dreams to the deserving. Unfortunately, only Night Mares can take on this task, and the Colt has no hope of leading his…
Orb, the daughter of Niobe, is chosen to become the Incarnation of Nature but finds herself drawn to a mysterious man called Natasha–who may be the embodiment of Evil.
The young daughter of King Dor and Queen Irene becomes lost in the jungle while the Gap Dragon is loose in the area.
Kandy may be bored stiff, but a magical mishap makes her problem literal in this hilarious novel in the New York Times-bestselling Xanth series.
In the land of Xanth, where…
