Once upon a past. . . .
Millie had been a ghost for 800 years. But now, restored by the magic of
Xanth, she was again a maddeningly desirable woman. She could have had
any man she wanted . . . except the one she did want, Jonathan the
zombie. To grant Millie her desire, and to prove his right to rule Xanth
in the future, young Magician Dor embarked on a quest for the elixir
which would restore Jonathan to full life.
But the potion could be found only in the past . . . so, through a magic
tapestry, to the past he went, taking over the body of a barbarian
warrior. The first person he encountered there was Jumper, a giant
spider--a nightmare monster, but a staunch friend and much-needed ally
in peril-haunted, ancient Xanth.
Then Dor met Millie--800 years younger, but just as lovely. And he
realized that, in his new body, he was no longer twelve years old . . .