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Air Apparent
A Fantasy Novel by Piers Anthony
Book 31 of the Xanth Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Quest Fantasy,
- Parallel Quests,
- Comic Fantasy,
- Portal Fantasy
This book is for you if you're into...
- Madcap fantasy quests with quirky magical companions
- Magical realms packed with oddball curses and unpredictable spirits
- Ensemble casts where every character brings wild surprises
When the Good Magician Humfrey's son Hugo suddenly vanishes, his disappearance sets in motion a series of madcap misadventures that send a collection of colorful characters on a perilous pair of parallel quests.
Among them are Debra, a pretty young girl beset by an obnoxious curse; Hugo's beloved wife Wira, whose sightlessness is balanced by a talent for sensitivity, Happy and Fray, a pair of sprightly storm-spirits; Nimbus, the Demon Xanth's own son; and the mysterious outlaw known as the Random Factor.
As they travel through some of the magical realm's most astonishing locales, these unwitting adventurers discover they are key players in a grand drama whose origins reach back to the origins of time itself.
Filled with exhilaration and excitement, ribaldry and romance, Air Apparent is a fabulous new fantasy saga from the lively imagination of master storyteller Piers Anthony.
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