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Knot Gneiss

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Knot Gneiss
First edition
AuthorPiers Anthony
Cover artistDarrell K. Sweet
Carol Russo Design
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
12 October 2010
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages304
ISBN0-7653-2352-4
Preceded byJumper Cable 
Followed byWell-Tempered Clavicle 

Knot Gneiss is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the 34th book of the Xanth series.

Plot introduction

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This is about Jumper's friend Wenda Woodwife, who has a nymphly front but no back, being hollow from behind, who speaks with the forest dialect: "I wood knot dew that to yew." She has to transport a boulder made of petrified reverse wood that naturally terrifies (petrifies) everyone else. She has to put together a group of six or more and starts out her journey asking help from her best friend Jumper, King of the Spiders, and enlists the aid of a winged mermaid, the Princess Ida, a fallen angel, and a handsome prince in search of his princess.