Al C. (vavoice) - reviewed on 7/15/2007 + 158 more book reviews

Prince Dolph is bored. His days are spent with lessons, and watching the Tapestry, which hangs in his sister's room. After studying the many adventures depicted on that wonderous hanging, Dolph figures it's high time he went on a Quest of his own. But Dolph is only nine years old.

However, since he is a prince, and a Quest would be a good experience, his parents, King Dor and Queen Irene, allow him to travel to the missing Good Magician's castle to look for clues, with adult supervision of course.

So Dolph heads out with Marrow Bones, a living skeleton from the world of The Gourd, and encounters enough adventure to last any other person a lifetime. As a shape changer he thought he would be ready for anything, but he finds that there is more in the world of Xanth than what he saw on The Tapestry.

This is the eleventh in the series, and the second in the trilogy of the missing Good Magician. I enjoyed this one. It didn't seem to be as punny as previous installments, providing less distraction from the central story. Of course, since this is the second book of a trilogy, the ending is open, and leaves the young prince with quite a problem which will effect his future as a potential King of Xanth. Hmmmm :o)

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