Question Quest - Plot Summary

Plot Summary

The book begins with Lacuna, one of the mischievous Castle Zombie twins, seeking a way to fix her "dull" life. To do so she comes to ask Grey, Ivy's betrothed and pro-tem magician of knowledge, for the answer. However, Grey doesn't want to answer her question because he knows that something terrible will come of it. Lacuna decides to make a deal that even Grey can't refuse, a way to outwit Com-Pewter. Lacuna plans to use her ability to change prints and write new ones to help Grey. Seeing no other choice, Grey decides to help her, but he realizes that he can't fathom what the book of knowledge is trying to say. Therefore, he sends her to the anteroom of hell to talk to Magician Humfrey. When Lacuna arrives to the anteroom, she finds Humfrey sleeping. After waking Humfrey up, she found out that he is waiting to talk to the Demon X(A/N)th to free his wife Rose. Humfrey tells her to write down his life story (and most of Xanth's history in the process), on the walls, so that he can get the demon's attention. It turns out that Humfrey has five wives. Humfrey manages to save his wives from the pits of hell (sort of) and Lacuna changes her life.

Characters of Question Quest
Primary character	Humfrey
Major characters	Lacuna

Xanth series by Piers Anthony

First series	A Spell for Chameleon The Source of Magic Castle Roogna Centaur Aisle Ogre, Ogre Night Mare Dragon on a Pedestal Crewel Lye Golem in the Gears Vale of the Vole Heaven Cent Man from Mundania Isle of View Question Quest The Color of Her Panties Demons Don't Dream Harpy Thyme Geis of the Gargoyle Roc and a Hard Place Yon Ill Wind Faun & Games Zombie Lover Xone of Contention The Dastard Swell Foop Up in a Heaval Cube Route

Second series	Currant Events Pet Peeve Stork Naked Air Apparent Two to the Fifth Jumper Cable Knot Gneiss Well-Tempered Clavicle Luck of the Draw Esrever Doom Board Stiff

Characters	List of Xanth characters Magicians Family of Merlin Family of Ebnez Family of Humfrey Centaur family Goblin family Gourd Mundanes Other characters

Geography of Xanth Companions of Xanth Letters to Jenny

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