The Day of the Dissonance
core novel 1984 Spellsinger
Record
| First published | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.80 (3,057 ratings, collected 2026-10-29) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780446321334 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
After the battle of the Jo-Troom Gate, Jon-Tom’s companions went their separate ways. Now the turtle wizard Clothahump is gravely ill, and Jon-Tom’s spellsinging cannot cure him. The only medicine that can save him lies far away, so Jon-Tom and Mudge the otter set out across dangerous seas to find it, gathering new and unlikely companions on the way: Roseroar, a towering tigress Jon-Tom conjures up by song, a ferret named Jalwar whom they rescue, and Folly, a beautiful young woman they free from bondage. Their road takes them through moors of monstrous fungi, a parrot pirate’s waters and a canyon of cannibal fairies to the evil wizard of Malderpot.
Where it sits
- Universe: Spellsinger
- Series: Spellsinger core; position 3 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Alan Dean Foster
Notes
- From the series record (Spellsinger): Eight comic fantasy novels, Warner Books (some first in Phantasia Press hardcovers), 1983 to 1994.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Spellsinger: position 3 of 8: previous The Hour of the Gate (1983) · next The Moment of the Magician (1984)
Sources
- ISFDB: Spellsinger series
- Wikipedia: Spellsinger
- Wikipedia: Alan Dean Foster
- Amazon: Season of the Spellsong (omnibus description)
- AddALL: Spellsinger books in order
- Most Recommended Books: Spellsinger books in order
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