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'''The Witch Doctor''' is the third in the [[A Wizard in Rhyme]] series by [[Christopher Stasheff]]. |
'''The Witch Doctor''' is the third in the [[A Wizard in Rhyme]] series by [[Christopher Stasheff]]. |
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| genre = [[Fantasy]] |
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| publisher = Del Rey |
| publisher = [[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]] |
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| release_date = 1994 |
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==The plot== |
==The plot== |
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Saul Bremener didn't have many friends, so when Matthew "Matt" Mantrell seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth one day, Saul took it upon himself to track his missing chum. But nobody, not Matt's family, not the other friends not the police, could help. Breaking into Matt's apartment, he found the rune-filled scrap of parchment which transported Matt into the magical alternate world ... |
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Saul Bremener didn't have so many friends that he could afford to lose one without a fight. So when Matthew "Matt" Mantrell disappeared from the university one day with not a word to anybody, Saul canvassed students, family, and even the police. Nobody had any leads. Then he climbed through a kitchen window into Matt's apartment, where he found festoons of spider webs and a scrap of parchment covered in runes - magical runes ... |
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Like Matt, Saul found himself able to wield magic by reciting verses. And not too soon, for he quickly made himself a formidable foe: yet another a powerful monarch steeped wickedness and evil - Queen Suettay. |
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Like Matt before him, Saul was swept away into a world of magic - and into a maelstrom of desperate danger. For in this world where poetry held the power of enchantment, Saul's love of verse made him a puissant wizard. And his search for his missing friend soon earned him a fearsome foe: a false monarch without peer in the realms of wickedness and corruption. |
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Intrigued by Saul's command of magic, Suettay was determined make him hers, or destroy him. |
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Queen Suettay was a mistress of magic in her own right. She had entire armies at her beck and call, steeped in evil and ready to obey her every command. And Suettay was determined to break Saul's power - or win his soul for her malefic master ... |
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A menagerie of unlikely allies gave Saul the critical help needed Gruesome the [[troll]], young [[squire]] Gilbert, a [[guardian angel]], a hand of the faerie folk, and the beautiful but wraithlike Angelique. But Saul would need more than that, he would to find a way to enlist the mysterious Spider King could Saul to counter the machinations of the evil sorceress. |
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The Witch Doctor is the third in the A Wizard in Rhyme series by Christopher Stasheff.
| File:The witch doctor.JPG The Witch Doctor cover | |
| Author | Christopher Stasheff |
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| Language | English |
| Series | A Wizard in Rhyme |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Del Rey |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover, Paperback |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-38851-8 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | The Oathbound Wizard |
| Followed by | The Secular Wizard |
Synopsis
In the third installment of the A Wizard in Rhyme series, poet and martial arts expert, Saul Bremener, is drawn into Allustria when looking for his missing friend, Matt Mantrell.
The plot
Saul Bremener didn't have many friends, so when Matthew "Matt" Mantrell seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth one day, Saul took it upon himself to track his missing chum. But nobody, not Matt's family, not the other friends not the police, could help. Breaking into Matt's apartment, he found the rune-filled scrap of parchment which transported Matt into the magical alternate world ...
Like Matt, Saul found himself able to wield magic by reciting verses. And not too soon, for he quickly made himself a formidable foe: yet another a powerful monarch steeped wickedness and evil - Queen Suettay.
Intrigued by Saul's command of magic, Suettay was determined make him hers, or destroy him.
A menagerie of unlikely allies gave Saul the critical help needed Gruesome the troll, young squire Gilbert, a guardian angel, a hand of the faerie folk, and the beautiful but wraithlike Angelique. But Saul would need more than that, he would to find a way to enlist the mysterious Spider King could Saul to counter the machinations of the evil sorceress.
Sources
[1] The Witch Doctor, Christopher Stasheff, 1994