Stork Naked

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Stork Naked
Author Piers Anthony
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