Orc's Opal (Kelvin of Rud, #4)

Library Journal Another part of the Prophecy of Mouvar reveals itself as Kelvin Hackleberry and his unusual family attend the Benign Wizards and Witches Convention, running afoul of a maleficent sorceress bent on revenge. Fourth in a series that includes Dragon's Gold (1987), Serpent's Silver (1989), and Chimaera's Copper (1990), this fantasy by the prolific Anthony and his long-time collaborator Margroff suffers from a plethora of characters and a contrived story. Purchase only where earlier titles are popular. School Library Journal YA-- This is the fourth in a series of five novels, and it has an introduction and cast of characters that will be helpful to those just discovering the books. Zady, an evil old witch, is bent on revenging her niece's death. Through the use of shape-changing and mind-reading, she manipulates the hero's children into stealing the orc's opal, which controls their use of magic. Young adults will appreciate the main characters' confusion of whether to listen to an adult telling them to do something they know is wrong or to do what they know is right. The time frames may be confusing to the uninitiated, but they can be sorted out for an enjoyable experience even for novice fantasy readers.-- Jacqueline J. Craig, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA Calc Series A (group): Kelvin of Rud Number of Words in Auth: 6 Formats : EPUB, ZAB ABook : Have Title Parms BtoH : - - - - - - Calc Force Series : .Kelvin of Rud Number of Author Names: 6 Title First Parm : Orc's Opal EBook : Have Number of Authors : 2 Calc ESI Part 3 : 05 Calc ESI Part 2 : of Calc ESI Part 1 : 04 Test Search : Orc's Opal / Piers Anthony & Robert E. Margroff Enter Series Index : 04 of 05 Calc Series Group : Kelvin of Rud Title Post Pound : Orc's Opal Words in Author Name: 6 Previous Series Index: 4 Test Text Series Index: 4 Raw Title : Orc's Opal Title Parm A Prefix : Orc's Opal Title Length : 10 Title Parm A : Orc's Opal Record ID : 333 Enter New Series (Calced): Serified_AnE.Kelvin of Rud.Scifan.04 of 05..ICBF Author Parm Cn : Margroff ES Name : Kelvin of Rud Calc Genre : Kelvin of Rud Calc New Series : Kelvin of Rud.... Series Parm B : 4 Series Parm A : Kelvin of Rud Number of Formats : 1 Title Pre Pound : Orc's Opal Whole Title : Orc's Opal Title After First Parm: Orc's Opal Title Suffix : Orc's Opal Uncomma Author : Piers Anthony & Robert E. Margroff ES Genre : Scifan Compare Author : gt ES Group : Serified_AnE ES Cover Quality : ICBF Quick Search : Piers Anthony Kelvin of Rud Test Compare Series to Entered: eq Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : ff:a/piers-anthony/orcs-opal, goodreads:817249, isbn:9780812511772 Single Author : Piers Anthony Sorted Author by LN, FN: Anthony, Piers & Margroff, Robert E. Compare Title Parm A to Author: ϘɁˀ ـ‹ύힿFormatter: غج In the kingdom of Rud, Charles, Merlain, and their brother, Dragon Horace, are in the center of a plot against Kelvin as they seek to steal the treasure of the Orc Kingdom.