Xanth · Book 23
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.
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