Xanth · Book 49
Knickelpede Knight
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN-13
- 9781504096812
- Type
- novel
About this book
Knickelpede Knight, published in 2026, is the newest entry in Piers Anthony's long-running Xanth series, following Three Novel Nymphs -- still delivering the same self-contained quest formula and pun-based humor that has carried the series since 1977. It runs 272 pages.
Its place in Xanth
Knickelpede Knight is book 49 in the Xanth series. It follows Three Novel Nymphs. See the full Xanth reading order.
Xanth is a magical peninsula shaped like Florida, separated from the mundane, non-magical world (Mundania) by a barrier only a few can cross. Every native-born Xanthian has a unique magic talent, discovered around adolescence — anything from summoning storms to turning objects invisible to producing terrible puns out of thin air — and a great deal of the series' plot turns on characters discovering, hiding, or weaponizing their talents. Xanth's landscape is riddled with elemental spirits, centaurs, ogres…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781504096812