When the Good Magician Humfrey\'s son Hugo suddenly vanishes, his disappearance sets in motion a series of madcap misadventures that send a collection of colorful characters on a perilous pair of parallel quests.
Among them are Debra, a pretty young girl beset by an obnoxious curse
Hugo\'s beloved wife Wira, whose sightlessness is balanced by a talent for sensitivity, Happy and Fray, a pair of sprightly storm-spirits
Nimbus, the Demon Xanth\'s own son; and the mysterious outlaw known as the.
When the Good Magician Humfrey\'s son Hugo suddenly vanishes, his disappearance sets in motion a series of madcap misadventures that send a collection of colorful characters on a perilous pair of parallel quests