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Air Apparent (Xanth) | 
 enlarge | Author: Piers Anthony
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 9191
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0765343134
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765343130
ASIN: 0765343134
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
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Product Description
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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Searching For Hugo April 26, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Air Apparent (2007) is the thirty-first fantasy novel in the Xanth series, following Stork Naked. In the previous volume, the Sorceress Morgan le Fey was frustrated at every turn. Finally, she disguised herself as Surprise Golem, but Che the Winged Centaur was ready for her. Surprise recovered her baby and returned home.
In this novel, Wira is worried about her husband Hugo. He had gone down to the wine cellar to get a bottle of Rhed Whine about thirty minutes ago. He should have returned after ten minutes. So she goes looking -- in a manner of speaking -- for him.
Wira is blind, so the lightless cellar is no burden for her. She snaps her fingers and locates a body lying on the floor. When she touches it, the body is cold and clammy. But it is not her husband.
She screams and the Gorgon -- Hugo's mother -- was the first to respond. She checks the body and believes it to be not dead, but in suspended animation. The Gorgon goes to wake her husband Humfrey, the Good Magician.
Humfrey finds that the Book of Answers is scrambled. Obviously it cannot be used to solve the mystery, so Humfrey decides to send the next querent out with Wira to recover Hugo. He suggests that they tell people that Wira is looking for a way to regain her sight.
In this story, Debra is the next querent. She is a young Mundane teenager who wants to find out how to remove a curse that she has acquired since arriving in Xanth. She agrees to accompany Wira and the Gorgon gives her a magic potion to transform her into a winged centaur.
Debra is rather embarrassed by her disguise, since Centaurs do not wear clothes. Also, she finds that flying requires some practice. Yet they are soon on their way.
First they fly to the Region of Air to question Cumulo Fracto Nimbus, but he has been missing for the same length of time as Hugo. Happy Bottom -- Fracto's wife -- and their daughter Fray start searching for the missing males in nooks and crannies while Wira and Debra search on the surface. Along the way they collect other searchers.
Meanwhile, Hugo is trapped in an underground room. He supplements the water and black bread with his talent of producing fruits. Then he meets Bathos Bat and exchanges bodies. Hugo flies out to determine the location of his prison and Bathos gorges himself on overripe fruit.
This story starts out as a quest to find Hugo and then Fracto, but soon turns into something else. Hugo is found and is returning to the Good Magician's Castle on Becka the Dragongirl, but disappears in mid-air. Then he changes bodies with the Random Factor, who is able to randomly switch bodies or locations for a few times each day.
This tale is a Xanth novel, so naturally it is jampacked with puns and wordplays. And it has an intriguing layer of mysteries and many twists and turns. Enjoy!
Highly recommended for Anthony fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of magical talents, puns galore, and a bit of romance.
-Arthur W. Jordin
My favorite yet! March 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I fell in love with Pierce and with all fantasy novels as I read my first fist Xanth novel in Junior High. I learned what a pun was from the master and I loved every one!
AIR APPARENT is simply Xanth filled with horrendous puns that readers either make readers groan or laugh at the wild cast.
Another Great Xanth Novel January 19, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Piers Anthony does it again. Any die-hard Xanth fan will thoughly enjoy this book too. A note to readers, I have noticed that in his later Xanth novels, the adult conspiracy has been weakening and occasionally teens will experience a reprieve - not completely but more than some people may be comfortable with. Overall, 5 stars! Read it for the fun, punny story it's mean to be.
 Air Apparent December 5, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Another chapter in the always funny Xanth series, Piers Anthony just keeps turning them out each year and his readers are glad he does.I know my wife and I look forward to October each year.
Air Apparent November 7, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I anxiously await each new installment of Xanth. The puns are so bad that I cannot help but be highly amused. This book measures up to the rest and I can't wait for the next. Keep it up Piers!
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