The Innkeeper’s Song (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter S. Beagle
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: Undefined, on another world
- Setting: An inn called The Gaff and Slasher near a town called Corcorua
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Other worlds, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, Hotels, motels, or inns, Assassins, hit men, or contract killers, Students or student life, Duels or dueling, Foxes
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
Peter S. Beagle’s The Innkeeper’s Song is a fantasy novel that follows the exploits of a number of characters who attempt to assist an old, dying wizard (called “The Man Who Laughs,” “My Friend,” and “Tafiya”) as he engages in a duel of sorcery with his most talented student, Arshadin. The danger of this battle of sorcery lies in the fact that if the dying wizard fails to win, he will be transformed into a grigaath, a seemingly omnipotent, evil entity who will kill anything in his path. Even though the old wizard is extremely powerful,...
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