Dragon on a Pedestal
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| Author | Piers Anthony |
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| Cover artist | Darrell K. Sweet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
| Released | October 1983 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 304 pp (paperback 9th printing) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-34936-9 |
| Preceded by | Night Mare |
| Followed by | Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn |
Dragon on a Pedestal is the seventh book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
[edit] Plot introduction
This book set in Xanth primarily centers on Princess Ivy, the daughter of King Dor and Queen Irene, the search for her, and the spell on Gap Chasm that caused people to forget it existed breaking apart into "Forget Whorls".
[edit] Plot summary
| Characters of Dragon on a Pedestal |
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| Primary character | Ivy |
| Major characters | Hugo Irene Gorgon The Gap Dragon Humfrey Dor |
Through a mishap, the Good Magician Humphrey regressed to the age of a baby, and Ivy managed to get lost, finding Hugo along the way. Due to Ivy's talent of Enhancement(to magically enhance any quality magical or physical or mental), Hugo was made(temporarily)into what Ivy viewed as her knight in shining armor. Also, with the aid of her talent, she managed to befriend the Gap Dragon, who had also been regressed to an infant at the same time that Humphrey was. Near the end of the novel, the nearly every character that had appeared in the book previously joined forces against a swarm of wiggles, which threaten the welfare of Xanth, by burrowing through anything and everything in their path.
