| Wizard at Large Contributor(s): Brooks, Terry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345362276 ISBN-13: 9780345362278 Publisher: Del Rey Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: July 1989 Annotation: Questor Thews is only a semi-competent wizard, but when High Lord Ben Holiday and his love Willow need use of his powers, he tries to comply. He tries, all right, but he doesn't have all that much faith in himself--not since he turned a terrier into an imp. Still, he'll do what he can.... |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Humorous - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95092545 |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Series: Rookies Series |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 4.17" W x 6.84" (0.34 lbs) 320 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 54655 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Book Three of the Magic Kingdom of Landover Series It all began when the half-able wizard Questor Thews announced that finally he could restore the Court Scribe Abernathy to human form. It was his spell that had turned Abernathy into a Wheaten Terrier--though with hands and able to talk. All went well--until the wizard breathed the magic dust of his spell and suddenly sneezed. Then, where Abernathy had stood, there was only a bottle containing a particularly evil imp. It had been in the collection of Michael Ard Rhi, former King of Landover, now exiled to Earth. Abernathy must now be a part of that collection High Lord Ben Holiday set forth for Earth, taking his green but beautiful love, Willow, with him. Unfortunately, they were long in returning. And without the soil in which to root as a tree at times, Willow could not long survive. That left it up to Questor Thews to save them. Grimly he set out to seek help, knowing himself to be incompetent. And to make things worse, the imp had escaped and sought the help of the evil witch Nightshade, now back from exile in Faerie. Questor's only idea seemed impossible, but . . . |