When Bink is cast out of Xanth for not possessing a demonstrable magical talent, he runs directly into Trent, the man considered to be an evil magician, who was also expelled from Xanth, for trying to take it over.As Bink and Trent are forced together, Bink learns that Trent may not be completely evil, and Xanth may actually need him. Along the way, Bink meets and falls for Chameleon, a woman whose appearance and brain power is are inversely proportional. In this case, beauty and brains do not go together.This is a great adventure story with the strongest moral message of any of the Xanth novels. It is very much about not judging a book by its cover and opening one's eyes to ideas that are uncomfortable.A brilliant novel to start any series, I found A Spell for Chameleon to be heart-wrnching at times, exciting at others, and enjoyable from start to finish.