Vale of the Vole
novel 1987 Xanth
Record
| First published | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| Reader rating | 3.64 (10,454 ratings, collected 2026-08-25) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780812574968 |
| Internal chronology | 10 |
Synopsis
Esk Ogre seeks the missing Good Magician Humfrey for help against a threatening demoness, but instead sets off with new companions, including the winged centaur Chex and Volney Vole, navigating magical challenges as they search for Humfrey and their own answers.
Where it sits
- Universe: Xanth
- Series: Xanth, the expanded sequence (books 4-18) ; position 7 of 15 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Piers Anthony
Notes
- From the series record (Xanth, the expanded sequence (books 4-18)): Books 4 through 18 of Piers Anthony's Xanth sequence (1981-1994), catalogued as Expanded Canon; Core Canon remains just the original trilogy (1977-1979). The full sequence (through book 49) was completed in a later pass, 2026-08-21.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Xanth, the expanded sequence (books 4-18): position 7 of 15: previous Golem in the Gears (1986) · next Heaven Cent (1988)
- Internal chronology, within Xanth: position 10 of 33: previous Golem in the Gears (1986) · next Heaven Cent (1988)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Xanth
- Order of Books: Xanth
- FantasticFiction: Piers Anthony / Xanth
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_of_the_Vole
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