The Hour of the Gate

Name: The Hour of the Gate
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Alan Dean Foster
ISBN: 9798350865004

Author: Alan Dean Foster

Series: Spellsinger Adventures #2

Narrator: Tim Campbell

Unabridged: 8 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/28/2023

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Marooned in another universe, a musician leads a motley army to save two worlds, in an entertaining tale by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author.

Jon-Tom just wanted to go home. Trapped in a world where animals speak and magic is real, the American college student yearned for an ordinary dorm-room life. But here his music has magical power—even if he can't control it—which may be able to save the world from the army of the Plated Folk, whose sinister queen plans on killing and eating every warm-blooded mammal she can get her pincers on and taking over their lands.

The great battle is coming, and Jon-Tom, whose posse includes a wizarding turtle, a cowardly bat, and an otter with a filthy mind, must raise an army to fight it. To find allies they must make an impossible journey, across mountains and rivers no one has ever passed before. Survival will be a miracle—but Jon-Tom is no ordinary musician.

About Alan Dean Foster

New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster has written in a variety of genres, including hard science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He is also the author of numerous nonfiction articles, as well as novelizations of many films, including Star Wars, the first three Alien films, and Alien Nation. His novel Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction, the first science fiction book to ever do so. Alan lives with his wife in Prescott, Arizona.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Benji's Books on December 07, 2023

Now that the introduction of characters from the first entry is out of the way, the Hour of the Gate---yes, introduces a couple more characters---but delves a lot more into the action and adventure aspect that fantasy lovers will get a kick out of. This is the climax book one was building towards a.k......more

Goodreads review by Craig on May 02, 2024

This is the second half of the story that began in Spellsinger, which introduced the situation (bug army invasion), the world (anthropomorphic animals and magic that works), and (most of) the characters. In this one, alliances are forged, the enemy is scouted, and the battle is fought. The climactic......more

Goodreads review by Briane on November 26, 2016

Alan Dean Foster has written, according to Wikipedia, over 100 novels, and as I was (re)reading The Hour Of The Gate I was trying to work out in my head if, based on sheer volume alone, Foster would rank as my favorite author. I counted up the books I've read by him, and it's 18. The only other autho......more

Goodreads review by Anne on February 14, 2015

Closing in on 1*. I liked better while writing review. Go figure. I thought I was done with series, easier to review book I didn't like. Nope. I found lots to like, criticize and ponder. Big battle is most exciting. Maybe quest slows down over large cast? Words and action for all? Why dragon Falameez......more

Goodreads review by David on June 22, 2015

An invasion of the insects 30 January 2013 This is a continuation, and the conclusion, to the story that began in Spellsinger. The party of adventurers (which is what they are) have reached the main mammal city to warn the council of the invasion of a race of insects called the Plated Folk. Apparentl......more