The day of the dissonance

No cover — Alan Dean Foster: The day of the dissonance (1986, Macdonald)

292 pages

English language

Published Dec. 30, 1986 by Macdonald.

ISBN:: 978-0-356-12178-9
OCLC Number:: 59157724

(1 review)

Jon Tom's mentor, one of the greatest wizards ever, as well as an aging turtle, is very ill and needs a special medicine to cure him, one which is located in a magical shop across the sea in a town that is avoided by most folk for a large variety of reasons. Accompanied by Mudge, his best friend and an otter, plus three others whom he meets on his trip, he encounters one daunting adventure after another in his quest for the special medicine. All is not as it seems - which we should be very grateful for as it gives us a most enjoyable read.

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3 stars

Grabbed this quick book in a lull, probably read it as rapidly as my younger self did. This time I was interrupted by work instead of trips to the local video game arcade.

Jon-Tom is tasked with a new quest, and his former companions have scattered to the four winds. He picks up one, the lovable otter Mudge, and sets out to cross an ocean in search of precious medicine. The rest are summoned or acquired on the journey, and make for an interesting assortment.

At times the journey seemed to skip a bit, but at least this speedy story was finished within the covers of one book. Fairly sure this was the last I read as a youth, impatient with the author's pace and on to weightier college tomes.