• FILM AND TV TIE-INS: Variety is reporting that development is underway on a feature film and TV series based upon Piers Anthony’s fantasy book series Xanth, which is being produced by Steven Paul’s SP Entertainment Group.
• NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLING AUTHOR:  Anthony is a beloved NYT bestselling authors best known for his Xanth series
• MUCH ANTICIPATED 42nd BOOK IN THE XANTH SERIES
• HIGHLY ENGAGED AUDIENCE/AUTHOR:  Anthony actively engages with fans by taking their suggestions and incorporating them into his novels. (e.g. Isis Orb was based on a fan idea)
• SALES: 2,588 HC and 4,021 PB copies of ISIS ORB shipped; 2,771 HC and 3,562 PB copies of GHOST WRITER IN THE SKY shipped  

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The New York Times–bestselling series continues with this pun-tastic epic quest and far-flung fantasy adventure.
 
Lydell, a shy, naive man of twenty-one, and world-weary grandmother Grania could not be more different. But when their paths cross on the way to beseech the Good Magician to add some excitement to their extraordinarily dull lives, the one thing they have in common is about to get them more than they bargained for . . .
 
Lydell and Grania’s exceptional integrity makes them valuable to the Good Magician. He promises to fulfill their hearts’ desires on the condition they pilot a fireboat to its new proprietors, whoever—and wherever—they may be.
 
Along with an obnoxious bird and a robot dogfish as shipmates, they unfurl their sail of flame and cruise through the skies of Xanth, guided by cryptic clues. Picking up a crew of future children along the way, Lydell and Grania must plan a royal wedding, detonate an F-Bomb, evade illusion dragons, rescue Jack and Jill, find a princess for a werewolf prince, and face their greatest fears—all while remaining true to their compulsively honest selves.

Fire Sail is the 42nd book in the Xanth series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.