Question Quest

Question Quest

Author	Piers Anthony
Cover artist	Darrell K. Sweet
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Avon Books
Publication date	October 1991
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	338 pp (paperback 1st printing)
ISBN	0-380-75948-9
OCLC	24475560
Preceded by	Isle of View
Followed by	The Color of Her Panties

Question Quest is the fourteenth book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.

Plot summary

The book begins with Lacuna, one of the mischievous Castle Zombie twins, seeking a way to fix her "dull" life. To do so she comes to ask Grey, Ivy's betrothed and pro-tem magician of knowledge, for the answer. However, Grey doesn't want to answer her question because he knows that something terrible will come of it. Lacuna decides to make a deal that even Grey can't refuse, a way to outwit Com-Pewter. Lacuna plans to use her ability to change prints and write new ones to help Grey. Seeing no other choice, Grey decides to help her, but he realizes that he can't fathom what the book of knowledge is trying to say. Therefore, he sends her to the anteroom of hell to talk to Magician Humfrey. When Lacuna arrives to the anteroom, she finds Humfrey sleeping. After waking Humfrey up, she found out that he is waiting to talk to the Demon X(A/N)^th to free his wife Rose. Humfrey tells her to write down his life story (and most of Xanth's history in the process), on the walls, so that he can get the demon's attention. It turns out that Humfrey has five wives. Humfrey manages to save his wives from the pits of hell (sort of) and Lacuna changes her life.

Characters of Question Quest
Primary character	Humfrey
Major characters	Lacuna