The Hour of the Gate
Last updated October 31, 2026
Jon-Tom wants to go home, but he is trapped in a land of talking beasts where his music works unreliable magic. The insectlike Plated Folk are massing to invade the Warmlands, and their queen plans to devour every warm-blooded creature she can. With the turtle wizard Clothahump, a cowardly bat and the otter Mudge, Jon-Tom must raise an army by crossing mountains and rivers no one has passed. Alan Dean Foster's second Spellsinger novel.
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