Perplexed Prince Dolph, Xanth's precocious shapeshifter, should be in love but isn't. Nonetheless, he must chose between two fiancées--Nada the uninterested and Electra the uninteresting--or all three of them will suffer the most dire consequences. Luckily a convenient catastrophe has popped up to distract Dolph form his dilemma--the foal-napping of young Che Centaur by goblins. And the only one who knows where Che is is a nice but remarkably naive elf-like girl named Jenny from the World of Two Moons. If anyone can save the missing centaur . she sure can't. Praise for Piers Anthony "Piers Anthony is one of those authors who can perform magic with the ordinary. [He] is a craftsman.

" -- A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction "Anthony's unflagging sparkle, verve and wordplay spin everyday trials of Mundane life into storytelling gold." -- Publishers Weekly.