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On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was
trying to destroy Stile, serf and master games man. His only
escape lay through a mysterious "curtain" revealed
by a loving robot. Beyond the curtain lay Phaze -- a parallel
world ruled totally by magic. A world in which his counterpart
had already been murdered. On Proton his fate depended on winning
the great Games. On Phaze he had to master magic to survive.
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For Stile, life was a matter of shuttling madly between worlds,
with the problems growing greater on each. On the science world
of Proton, he was a serf, trying to prove his right to exist
by competing in the Great Games. On Phaze where only magic worked,
he was Blue Adept, trying to master the powers of sorcery. And
on both worlds, someone was trying to assassinate him. The continuation
of an epic adventure into the realms of fantasy and science fiction.
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In the conclusion of this story the infallible oracle was
suddenly involved in the conspiracy against him. The two worlds
were out of balance and heading for disaster. Stile was somehow
supposed to take over the job of saving them or go down in total
destruction with all he loved. He had to act and act quickly
-- with no idea of what he was supposed to do.
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Book 8 in the Xanth Series
A KNIGHT OF GHOSTS AND SHADOWS
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Jordan was a ghost in Castle Roogna now, spending his time
with little five-year-old Ivy and watching his own past unfold
on the magic tapestry. But once he had been a valorous knight,
riding his ghost horse Pook on a fabulous and dangerous mission.
He had been betrayed with a cruel lie by two wily magicians and
the woman he loved. He had been killed, his bones scattered,
and now could not even remember where they were buried. That
was important, because Jordan's talent had been to recover from
almost any injury, provided enough of his body could be assembled
to regrow. But that had been 400 years ago, who today knew or
cared where his bones might be. Hardly the ending for a gallant
adventure.
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