Source of Magic (Mass Market Paperback)

Bink, the chief explorer for King Trent and Castile Rogan, lives in the magical world of Xanth. Cut off from any mundania "normal" people. Xanth relies on magic for means of survival. Everyone in Xanth has their own special magic talent. While attending a party, King Trent decides to give Bink the very difficult quest of finding the source of Xanths magic. Aided by a mighty centaur named Chester, a great warrior transformed into a griffin, Cromby, a powerful magician, Humfrey and a golem that can translate any language, called Grundy. They set off on this great adventure knowing not what lies ahead.

I thought this book had a very good plot line and almost every detail in it related somehow with the climax. In the end everything comes together and the author reveals everything. This book has every aspect I enjoy in a novel; comedy, action, mystery, and romance. The fighting scenes become very intense and with the detail Mr. Anthony gives you are put right into the middle of it. The only problem I see with the book is that it gets a little dull and confusing at times.

I would recommend "The Source Of Magic" to anyone who remotely likes fantasy novels and/or action adventure novels. But if anyone thinks they would like to read this book then I suggest that they read "A Spell For Chameleon" first, which is the first in the series of Xanth novels, while "The Source Of Magic" is the second.

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Bink found his magical talent in A Spell for Chameleon , is now married, and works as a magic researcher for King Trent. With his wife nine months pregnant and very angry, Bink is sent off on a quest to discover the source of the magic in Xanth. Bink will be accompanied by his friend, Chester the Centaur, the Good Magician Humphrey, and Grundy the Golem. Being only the second Xanth novel, this one is has a decent story and is well written. Even though I have read this before (years back), I still cared what happened to these characters. The quest for the source of magic is interesting, and the payoff when Bink finds it (as if he wouldn't) is worth the price of admission. This is an excellent Xanth novel with more drama than later books. This is one of the best in the series.

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