Spellsinger (novel)

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Spellsinger
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Spellsinger book cover
Author Alan Dean Foster
Cover artistKevin Johnson
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Fantasy
Publisher Phantasia Press
Publication date
1983
Media typePrint
ISBN 0-932096-22-0
OCLC 9615217
LC Class CPB Box no. 2962 vol. 22
Followed by The Hour of the Gate  

Spellsinger (1983) is a fantasy novel by American writer Alan Dean Foster. The book follows the adventures of Jonathan Thomas Meriweather who is transported from our world into a land of talking animals and magic. It is the first in the Spellsinger series.

Plot summary

In a world of sentient animals and humans, the hardheaded tortoise wizard Clothahump searches across the dimensions for another kind of wizard to help defeat the looming threat posed by the armies of the Plated Folk. What he gets is Jonathon Thomas Meriweather, law student, part-time would-be rock guitarist and janitor, who finds that with the use of a unique instrument called a duar, he can perform magic by playing and choosing from his well-worn repertoire of rock songs. Jon-Tom, as he is called in Clothahump's world, quickly discovers that while he might be able to use magic with his music making, the results are often unpredictable and usually humorous. Ever searching for a way to get back to Earth, Jon-Tom takes up the battle to save this world.


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