Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (books not included). Pages: 30. Chapters: Air Apparent, A Spell for Chameleon, Castle Roogna, Centaur Aisle, Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn, Cube Route, Currant Events, Demons Don't Dream, Dragon on a Pedestal, Faun & Games, Geis of the Gargoyle, Golem in the Gears, Harpy Thyme, Heaven Cent, Isle of View, Jumper Cable, Knot Gneiss, Man from Mundania, Night Mare, Ogre, Ogre, Pet Peeve (Xanth), Question Quest, Roc and a Hard Place, Stork Naked, Swell Foop, The Color of Her Panties, The Dastard, The Source of Magic, Two to the Fifth, Up in a Heaval, Vale of the Vole, Well-Tempered Clavicle, Xone of Contention, Yon Ill Wind, Zombie Lover. Excerpt: A Spell for Chameleon is the first book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. In this adventure, Bink is exiled to Mundania because he has (inadvertently) broken Xanth law by not having a magical talent. He returns to Xanth with Chameleon, a woman whose intelligence and beauty vary inversely depending on the time of the month, and the evil magician Trent who was exiled 20 years earlier for attempting to usurp the throne of Xanth. At the beginning of the novel Bink is facing imminent exile from the magical land of Xanth and separation from his fiancee Sabrina for his lack of a magic talent. All human residents of Xanth possess some unique form of magic that ranges from incredibly powerful (such as the current King Aeolus's ability to summon and control storms) to relatively useless (such as the ability to make a spot appear on a wall). In the hopes of discovering his talent Bink sets out to see the Good Magician Humfrey, a magician whose talent has to do with the gathering of information. While on his way Bink fights his way through the perilous wilderness of Xanth, having several run-ins with dangerous plants and animals but always being saved by apparent coincidence. On this journey he...
