Dragon on a Pedestal

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Title Dragon on a Pedestal
Author Piers Anthony
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.

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".

Characters of
Dragon on a Pedestal
Primary character Ivy
Major characters Hugo
Irene
Gorgon
The Gap Dragon
Humfrey
Dor
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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.

The Xanth Series by Piers Anthony
  1. A Spell for Chameleon
  2. The Source of Magic
  3. Castle Roogna
  4. Centaur Aisle
  5. Ogre, Ogre
  6. Night Mare
  1. Dragon on a Pedestal
  2. Crewel Lye
  3. Golem in the Gears
  4. Vale of the Vole
  5. Heaven Cent
  6. Man from Mundania
  1. Isle of View
  2. Question Quest
  3. The Color of Her Panties
  4. Demons Don't Dream
  5. Harpy Thyme
  6. Geis of the Gargoyle
  1. Roc and a Hard Place
  2. Yon Ill Wind
  3. Faun & Games
  4. Zombie Lover
  5. Xone of Contention
  6. The Dastard
  1. Swell Foop
  2. Up In A Heaval
  3. Cube Route
  4. Currant Events
  5. Pet Peeve
  6. Stork Naked
  7. Air Apparent
Characters
List of Xanth characters - The Magicians of Xanth - The family of Merlin of Xanth - The family of Ebnez of Xanth - The family of Humfrey of Xanth - The Centaur family of Xanth - The Goblin family of Xanth - From the Gourd of Xanth - Mundanes in Xanth - Other characters of Xanth
Geography of Xanth


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