The 14th installment of the bestselling Xanth series. Lacuna, one of the mischievous Castle Zombie Twins, wants to be young again, so she makes the Good Magician Grey an offer he can't refuse: she'll help him outwit the evil Com-Pewter if he'll send to her to hell to find Humphrey, the missing sorcerer and keeper of the Elixir of Youth.

Being grown up is a drag . . . or so thinks Lacuna, one of the michievous Castle Zombie twins. So she makes the Good Magician Grey an an offer he can't refuse. Thirsty for a taste of the Elixir of Youth, she'll help him outwit the evil Com-Pewter if he'll send her to Hell (in a handbasket, no less) to find Humphrey, the missing sorcerer. And while there, she'll learn the True History of Xanth (simplified) and help rescue a blushing Rose from the demon X(A/N) . . . with the help of a gorgon or two.