Dor, the unenthusiastic crown prince of the magic Land of Xanth, has to take over as king for a week while Good King Trent is on a trade mission--and then King Trent fails to return!

"Kody woke up in a hospital bed, not knowing how he got there. Before his questions could be answered, he was told that he was about to undergo surgery, and that there could be some side effects.... And then he woke up again, this time in Xanth. Kody is the only person in Xanth who has not been affected by a dreadful spell that reverses how people see each other. What was adorable is now loathsome. What was ugly is now beautiful. What was loved is...

Cyrus, a naive young Cyborg, is in a curious quandary. His father, Roland Robot, expects him to become a leader of robots like himself. His mother, Hannah Barbarian, wants him to capture and marry a lovely wild-haired uncivilized woman like her. But Cyrus has a secret ambition of his own, which is likely to please neither of them--to write and direct plays.

Picka Bones and his sister Joy'nt are off in search of adventure with three creatures newly arrived from Mundania--and not the sort of creatures one might expect.

When her daughter is tainted at birth and destined to die early, Kerena begins a quest to save her child Gaw-Two, fathered by her lover Sir Gawain, Knight of the Round Table.

In a world where magic and science coexist, Mach, a robot and a novice adept, falls in live with Fleta, a shape-changing unicorn

King Trent orders Bink to find out about the source of Xanth's magic.

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Young satyr Forrest Faun sets off to find his heart's desire on Ptero, a tiny planet that orbits the head of Princess Ida of Castle Roogna, accompanied by Imbri, an enchanted magical steed that has the ability to assume the form of a beautiful young woman.