One has to wonder if Mr. Asprin wrote this book or did Mr. Heck just get stuck with it. There are way to many inaccuracies with this book to be the supposed writer block and could only come from someone not familiar with the series or from someone who could care less about it. The story line is flat, the humor is non-excitant, and the characters that where so alive the first books are cardboard cut outs now. I am normally a big fan of Mr. Asprin's work, but if there ever is another installment to this series I will read it, but I will not buy it first.