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 |
| Publication date | 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 centers on Princess Ivy, the 3-year-old 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 |
When the book begins, the Good Magician Humfrey has a mishap with a Fountain of Youth and regresses to the age of a baby. Queen Irene realizes Princess Ivy had wandered off, and begins a quest to find her daughter. Luckily, Ivy comes across Humfrey's 8-year-old son Hugo, and - due to her as-of-yet unknown talent of enhancement - Hugo temporarily becomes smarter, braver, and stronger. Ivy also manages to enhance the positive qualities of the Gap Dragon, Stanley Steamer, who had also been regressed to an infant at the same time as Humfrey.
In Castle Roogna, Dor had put a forget spell on the Gap Chasm (the huge rift that splits Xanth in two) with the result that everyone forgot the Gap Chasm existed. In this book, the forget spell is beginning to disintegrate into "forget whorls" spinning off into the nearby forest, causing confusion and memory loss.Ivy ends up walking through a forget whirl and caused her to forget how to get home.
Near the end of the novel, all the characters join forces against a swarm of wiggles, which threaten the welfare of Xanth by burrowing through anything and everything in their path.
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