title: Giants of The Dawnland: Ancient Wabanaki Tales
author:  Alice Mead 
description: Alice Mead is the author of 18 novels, aimed at awakening awareness and appreciation of the culture of our neighbors, from Native American tribes to Kurdish teens in Iran. She is an artist and former teacher.
zlib_text: **Harpy Thyme**
  
  Xanth Book 17
  
  By Piers Anthony
  
    
  
  Table of Contents
  
  Chapter 1: GLOHA
  
  Chapter 2: SECOND SON
  
  Chapter 3: RECONCILIATIONS
  
  Chapter 4: ESCAPE
  
  Chapter 5: Xxxxxxx
  
  Chapter 6: MARROW
  
  Chapter 7: MADNESS
  
  Chapter 8: PLAY
  
  Chapter 9: NYMPHO
  
  Chapter 10: GRAEBOE
  
  Chapter 11: METRIA
  
  Chapter 12: LOVE
  
    
    
  
   **Chapter 1: GLOHA**
  
  Gloha flapped her feather wings until she was high above the harpy hutch. The
  Land of Xanth spread obligingly out below her, so that she could see all the
  way to its medium-far corners. There was Lake Ogre-Chobee, with its ogre tribe
  on the shore and its toothy reptilian swimmers. There was the great Gap Chasm
  with its horrendous six-legged Gap Dragon. There was all the monster-infested
  jungle between them. She loved all of it. But she couldn't pause to appreciate
  the sights. She had important business. She had to go see the Good Magician so
  she could ask him a Question. With luck and a year's Service, she might have
  his Answer. Then maybe she wou