Castle Roogna

by Piers Anthony

No cover — Piers Anthony: Castle Roogna (1985, Del Rey)

Mass Market Paperback

English language

Published Feb. 12, 1985 by Del Rey.

ISBN:: 978-0-345-32435-1
OCLC Number:: 47235665

(38 reviews)

Millie, a ghost for 800 years wants only one man--Jonathan, and he's a zombie. To prove himself, Magician Dor volunteers to get the potion that can restore Jonathan to full life. But he has to go back through time to do it, to a peril-haunted, ancient Xanth, where danger lurks at every turn....From the Paperback edition.

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BobQuasit reviewed Castle Roogna by Piers Anthony (Xanth (3))

A light, enjoyable early installment from a fantasy series that got creepy

4 stars

The first five or six books in the Xanth series (this was the third) were cute and enjoyable, albeit silly at times and VERY punny. This one sets up some stories for later books in the series, introduces some major characters, and features an odd form of time travel. It also features a tragic love story ~~with a happy ending~~; credit to Piers Anthony for managing that.

But don't get too attached. As is frequently the case, the series ended up turning creepy. I still reread and enjoy the earlier books in the series, but after Ogre, Ogre the creepiness factor increases with pretty much every book.