Xanth · Book 19
Roc and a Hard Place
- Published
- 1 January 1995
- Pages
- 319
- ISBN-13
- 9780812534863
- Type
- novel
About this book
Roc and a Hard Place sits between Geis of the Gargoyle and Yon Ill Wind in the Xanth lineup, published in 1995 -- one of the many quests through Piers Anthony's magical, pun-obsessed peninsula, resolved within its own covers as the series always promises. It runs 319 pages.
Its place in Xanth
Roc and a Hard Place is book 19 in the Xanth series. It follows Geis of the Gargoyle. It is followed by Yon Ill Wind. 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 9780812534863