Stork Naked
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Stork Naked | |
Author | Piers Anthony |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | 2006 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
ISBN | ISBN |
Preceded by | Pet Peeve |
Followed by | Air Apparent |
Stork Naked is the thirtieth book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
[edit] Plot introduction
Surprise and Umlaut receive their baby from the Storkworks, only to have it recalled due to a technicality. Surprise, Che, and several other characters are dragged across realities looking to retrieve the baby, but the stakes are larger than any of them realize...
[edit] Plot summary
Surprise summons the stork with Umlaut, only to discover with dismay that the stork refuses to deliver her baby due to a clerical error. Off on an adventure to find her child, she seeks the aid of Pyra, who wields a tool that can find, and enter, alternate realities. As Surprise and her entourage search for the correct world, the sinister mechanisms behind the whole adventure is revealed.
[edit] Characters in Stork Naked
Surprise Golem daughter of Grundy Golem and Rapunzel Elf
Che Centaur winged Centaur, tutor
Pet Peeve An insulting bird
Half-Demon Ted
Half-Demon Monica
Woe Betide The child aspect of the Demoness Metria
Pyra
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