Roc and a Hard Place

by Piers Anthony

Book Overview

Seeking a solution to a perplexing personal problem, the delectable Demoness Metria asks for help from the wise Magician Humfrey. But before he will help her, she must perform a perilous mission: Rove... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812534867
• ISBN13: 9780812534863
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Metria kicks!!!

This is almost the greatest book, being only second to isle of view. but if you love the demoness metria then you'll love this book. She embarks on a journey across the land of xanth and beyond to summon people and creatures for the trial of the century. full of puns, laughs, and reunions its the second best xanth book ever!!! if you don't love it, you haven't really read it. but you have to read the previous books in order to feel the nostalgia.

Hard To Resist

Roc and a Hard Place is my first Xanth book(Sept 1998). It is excruciatingly punny. I loved it, loved it, loved it! All the others I have seen since then (Harpy Thyme, Valley of the Voles, Colour of Her Panties) are hilarious. This series is a must-read for all not-so-serious fans of fantasy who are sickened by the blood and gore that pervades most of this category of books. I only gave it five stars because they wouldn't let me give it ten!

An AWESOME book!!

Like all of the Xanth novels, this book is absolutely wonderful. I couldn't put it down!

the best in the series

This is my favorite book in the enormous Xanth series (I think this is number 19). It has very few of the awful puns that gave this series notoriety, and delivers a great moral tale. A perfect book, and one of my all-time favorites.

One Great Book

This is one great book.I think Piers went out of his way to make this a great book.He did a great job of solving problems,meeting new characters, and including other characters we havent seen in a while.Wow I cant wait to read a series that will succede or match the Piers Anthony's Xanth