Ghost Writer in the Sky

Piers Anthony

Apr 2017 · The Xanth Novels Book 41 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

Two Ordinary People from Mundania travel to Xanth to defeat a rogue Night Colt in the latest in a beloved series from bestselling author Piers Anthony.

The Night Colt has one ambition: to deliver dreams to the deserving. Unfortunately, only Night Mares can take on this task, and the Colt has no hope of leading his own herd if he can’t get any practice. . . . So he’s struck a deal with a Mundane. During the hours when the Night Mares rest—dusk and dawn—the duo plants stories in the air, compelling the people of Xanth to enact them—whether they want to or not. Unwilling to participate in these fantasies, the princesses of Xanth, Dawn and Eve, come up with a plan to fight the menacing pair, but they’ll need the help of two unlikely heroes to succeed.

In Mundania, a mysterious painting entrances Ordinary People Tartan and Tara. But why do they each see something different when they look at it? They quickly learn that it’s not a painting after all, but a portal to a magical world. With nothing to lose, they climb through the portal into Xanth and are met with a plea to help stop the Night Colt and his ghost writer.

Tartan and Tara don’t hesitate to join the quest to save Xanth from the ultimate pun-tastrophe. Together with their new friends, they’ll begin a journey full of magic and romance—and, of course, puns—that will lead them to a long-lost prince, a beautiful dragoness, the goddess Isis, and a demon named Ted.

With rip-roaring humor and nonstop adventure, the newest addition to Piers Anthony’s popular Xanth series is sure to enchant fans of epic fantasy.

Ghost Writer in the Sky is the 41st book in the Xanth series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
 

Ratings and reviews

I've read your books for many years. Yet lately with the Isis Orb insulting the Christian Faith and now Ghost Writer celebrating same sex marriage. I can only hope your days of writing are over. You might want to write a book on molesting children or some other sexual fantasy perversion because there all the same a mental sickness. We may find pleasure in them, but it doesn't make it right. No more than a man dreaming of another girl while he's with his wife. We don't celebrate other destructive sexual fantasies so why I ask do we celebrate this? My point is this let people do what fills right to them its their life, but I don't want it forced on me. There was no mention of this in either book and yes I know there was mention of a boy in a pervious book. So I waste my money to read a book or two with beliefs I don't agree on. Was there warning of the content no. If I sold you a movie with bodies being severed but failed to mark the movie as violate or rated-r you would be upset.

I didn't know I needed these books. I have quite a collection of his previous Xanth novels (and his other writing as well), but for some reason I cannot recall the last one I read (likely somewhere in the high 20's or low 30's). He has CONSISTENTLY kept me entertained for over 35 years and I know in my mind that at some point he will stop writing and step into the background like his Xanth characters I am NOT looking forward to that day. These books can pretty much be read in any order, but do yourself a favor (if you haven't read them) and read the first few books at least to give you the background of this amazing world (that looks a LOT like Florida on a map).

read every single one at least twice, some several times over the last 30+ years, I'm still reading them. Piers Anthony has the Shannara series as well and I can say the same thing about those. Absolutely one of the greatest writers ever.

About the author

Piers Anthony has written dozens of bestselling science fiction and fantasy novels. Perhaps best known for his long-running Magic of Xanth series, many of which are New York Times bestsellers, he has also had great success with the Incarnations of Immortality series and the Cluster series, as well as Bio of a Space Tyrant and others. Much more information about Piers Anthony can be found at www.HiPiers.com.