Question Quest

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Question Quest

Author	Piers Anthony
Cover artist	Darrell K. Sweet
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Avon Books
Publication date	October 1991
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	338 pp (paperback 1st printing)
ISBN	0-380-75948-9
OCLC	24475560
Preceded by	Isle of View
Followed by	The Color of Her Panties

Question Quest is the fourteenth book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.

Plot introduction

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

v t e Xanth series by Piers Anthony

Novels: 1970s-80s	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

Novels: 1990s	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

Novels: 2000s-10s	The Dastard Swell Foop Up in a Heaval Cube Route 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	Magicians Bink Dor Irene Ivy Trent Families Ebnez Humfrey Merlin Centaur Goblin Gourd Mundanes Other characters

Geography of Xanth Companions of Xanth Letters to Jenny

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