About the Book
New York Times bestselling author of Zombie Lover
A wild and wonderful new magical adventure that leads from Xanth to Earth – and back again!
A
cataclysmic cloud hangs over the enchanted land of land of Xanth. Three
courageous couples must venture into the O-Xone, a cybernetic interface
between Xanth and our own world, to rescue the enchanted realm from
destruction.
A xany new fantasy xaga from the Master of Merriment, Xone of Contention is chock-filled with danger, excitement and xillions of laughs!
After
a year filled with harrowing adventures, all Breanna of the Black Wave
and her newfound love Justin Tree want is a little time to get to know
each other better, and explore the wonders of the enchanted land of
Xanth. But their incipient idyll is soon shattered by a stunning
discovery. A climatic catastrophe is causing a massive meltdown that
threatens to inundate the ancient forests of Xanth.
The only
way to avert this dire disaster is to undertake a voyage into the
distant mists of the past, to find the moment when this ghastly
greenhouse effect began. And the only people who can safely make that
journey are those unaffected by Xanth's magic – normal, ordinary humans
from our own world.
So Breanna and Justin turn for help to the
Demon X(A/N)th (a.k.a. Nimby) and his lovely consort Chlorine.
Together, they devise a daring plan. Making use of the O-Xone, a
magical computer network that links the worlds of Xanth and Earth,
Nimby and Chlorine make contact with Pia and Edsel, a young couple from
Earth who are working on a Xanth game, and arrange to exchange bodies
with them.
But an unexpected surprise awaits them on their
arrival. The Demon Earth has challenged the Demon Xanth to a deadly
duel for the highest possible stakes – dominion over both worlds. While
Pia and Edsel range through the farthest reaches of time and space to
save Xanth from destruction, Nimby must learn to live by the strange
rules of our world, and defeat his ancient enemy without the benefit of
his own awesome powers.
Brimming with magic, merriment, laughter and love, Xone of Contention is a rousing new fantasy saga in the grand Xanth tradition.
