Xone of Contention
- Published
- 1 January 1999
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN-13
- 9780812555233
- Type
- novel
About this book
Xone of Contention, published 1999, is part of the long Xanth run that grew increasingly reliant on pun-based humor and reader-submitted wordplay -- a hallmark of Piers Anthony's engagement with his fan base -- while still resolving its own quest by the final page. It runs 384 pages.
Key facts about Xone of Contention
Xone of Contention is a novel by Piers Anthony. Readers have had it since 1999. It runs to 384 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Xone of Contention. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780812555233 to find the main one.
Xone of Contention is book 23 of 49 in the Xanth series. The series has 48 published books. However, the series starts with A Spell for Chameleon (1977).
Additionally, Piers Anthony writes Battle Circle, Of Man and Manta and Jason Striker, plus 11 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, action thriller and fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Three Novel Nymphs is the latest published Piers Anthony book on file, from 2025.
About Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony is a prolific British-born American author best known for Xanth, his long-running comic fantasy series built around magical puns and wordplay, which has run to more than forty novels since 1977. See every Piers Anthony book in order.
Its place in Xanth
Xone of Contention is book 23 in the Xanth series. It follows Zombie Lover. It is followed by The Dastard. 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 9780812555233