In the struggle for the Goblin crown, Gwenny is forced to compete with her awful brother Gobble in a battle of wits. To prove herself worthy to become chieftain, she sets out to find the most precious secret, the color of Mela Merwoman's undergarments.
A running river paradise and its harmless inhabitants are perishing in the wrathful wake of a greedy horde. Esk, a winged centaur, and a brave burrower must search Xanth to gather a company to defend the Vale of the Vole.
Prince Dolph, a precocious shape-shifter, and his faithful companion Marrow, an enchanted skeleton, set off on an adventure, searching for the missing sorcerer Humphrey.
In Xanth the Gap Dragon had escaped from the Gap and was ravaging across the land. The forget-spell that had covered the Gap was breaking into small forget-whorls that wandered about, giving amnesia to all they touched.
Gloha, a half-goblin, half-harpy who is the only creature of her kind in the land of Xanth, asks the Good Magician Humfrey where she can find someone to love and finds herself on a difficult quest for truth, friendship, and happiness.
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.
