Ogre, Ogre - Piers Anthony - 1982 BCE Ballantine Hardback

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Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:
• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover
• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket
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Cover artTony Fiyalko

Blurb: “In the magical land of Xanth, the Magician Humfrey has all the Answers. Unfortunately, he isn't always quite sure of the Questions. So the human girl Tandy is somewhat puzzled when Humfrey tells her that the Answer she seeks will be discovered by traveling with Smash the Ogre. Smash is even more perplexed. He didn't even have a Question, yet his Answer is the cryptic order "to seek the Ancestral Ogres." And he must pay for the unsolicited Answer by protecting Tandy on her quest. The two mismatched companions set off on their assigned journey to find what they don't even know they seek.

But along the way, complication after complication arises: Smash, after blundering into the clinging Eye Queue vines, acquires, much to his shame, intelligence and, worst of all, stops rhyming when he talks. And Tandy loses her soul in a hypnogourd.  In exchange for its return, Smash must promise to replace it with another... or forfeit his own! Through the Goblin Lands and Bird-land, into the regions of Air, Earth and Fire, and over the Gap Chasm, the two searchers range on their quest. But the dangers they face— including the fierce and magical Gap Dragon, and the seductive traps of the mysterious region known only as The Void— seem like nothing compared to the problem they must eventually solve: how to save Smash's soul? For there is only one way out—to get the great Night Stallion to nullify the deal. And he will not do so... unless they can defeat him in battle.“