| 词条 | Roc and a Hard Place |
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| name = Roc and a Hard Place | image = Roc and a Hard Place cover.jpg | caption = | author = Piers Anthony | country = United States | language = English | cover_artist = Darrell K. Sweet Carol Russo Design | genre = Fantasy novel | publisher = TOR Books | release_date = October 1995 | media_type = Print (hardcover and paperback) | pages = 312 pp (hardcover 1st ed.) | isbn = 0-312-85392-0 | dewey= 813/.54 20 | congress= PS3551.N73 R64 1995 | oclc= 32698441 | preceded_by = Geis of the Gargoyle | followed_by = Yon Ill Wind }}Roc and a Hard Place is the nineteenth book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.[1] PlotOne year after the events of Geis of the Gargoyle, Demoness Metria, whilst making her husband Veleno deliriously happy, finds that the stork will not acknowledge her summons. Seeking to summon the stork, Metria (and her worser half, D. Mentia) are sent on a quest by the Good Magician Humphrey. Metria is then given a task by the Simurgh: Deliver a bag's worth of summons to their respective citizens of Xanth in order to hold a trial for Roxanne Roc. All that remains is to find out why Roxanne Roc is on trial as Metria meets with many old Xanth characters, Grundy Golem, Sorceress Iris, Magician Trent, Gray Murphy, Jordan the Barbarian, Desiree Dryad, and many more! References1. ^{{cite book|author=Bernard Alger Drew|title=The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ubHYRVKquEC&pg=PA28|year=1997|publisher=Libraries Unlimited|isbn=978-1-56308-615-1|page=29}} {{Xanth}}{{1990s-fantasy-novel-stub}} 4 : Xanth books|1995 American novels|1996 fantasy novels|Tor Books books |
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