This book is the worst Piers Anthony has ever written. The plot is shallow and disjointed, three of the lead characters have no names, the female lead is written with startling ineptitude, and the storyline is absolutely nothing new compared to the other books in the Incarnations of Immortality series. There are only two possible reasons to read this book. 1: You are trying to finish off the series. 2: You are an aspiring writer who wants the confirmation of reading something by a published author that could have been done by a twelve year old with a typewriter and a sick mind.