The Witch Doctor
The Witch Doctor is the third in the A Wizard in Rhyme series by Christopher Stasheff.
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| 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 down 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 had 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