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Cube Route 
Author(s) Piers Anthony Cover artist Darrell K. Sweet
Carol Russo DesignCountry United States Language English Genre(s) Fantasy novel Publisher Tor Books Publication date October 2003 Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback) Pages 328 pp (hardcover 1st ed.) ISBN 0-7653-4309-6 OCLC Number 56722923 Preceded by Up In A Heaval Followed by Currant Events Cube Route is the twenty-seventh book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
Contents
Plot summary
Cube Route contains a crossover to Phaze, a world in Anthony's seven-book Apprentice Adept series.
Summary
In the magical land of Xanth, wishes are far more than mere words. So when a Plain Jane called Cube whispers a wistful wish to be beautiful, she finds herself leading a company of colorful companions on a search for the mysterious Cube Route--a perilous path that leads to danger, adventure, and perhaps her heart's desire as well.
This curious quest takes them all over Xanth, into the mythical realm of Phaze, and even to our own world, where Cube rescues a beautiful human woman from a very ugly situation, ending at last in a mysterious Counter-Xanth where things can be transformed into their opposites in the wink of an eye.
A rollicking tale brimming with laughter, wonder, and enchantment, Cube Route is also a moving exploration of the beauty that dwells within all of us.
End of the first trilogy
The title and theme of this novel plays upon the common joke that Anthony had originally intended only a trilogy of novels, but as they kept appearing, kept calling it an "extended trilogy." This book concludes the "first trilogy" as it is twenty-seventh (three cubed) novel. He has now started on his "second trilogy."
Bibliography
"Amazon.com: Cube Route (Xanth, No. 27) (9780765343093): Piers Anthony: Books." Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & More. Web. 11 Mar. 2011. <http://www.amazon.com/Cube-Route-Xanth-No-27/dp/0765343096>.
Xanth series by Piers Anthony First series A Spell for Chameleon · The Source of Magic · Castle Roogna · Centaur Aisle · Ogre, Ogre · Night Mare · Dragon on a Pedestal · Crewel Lye · Golem in the Gears · Vale of the Vole · Heaven Cent · Man from Mundania · Isle of View · Question Quest · The Color of Her Panties · Demons Don't Dream · Harpy Thyme · Geis of the Gargoyle · Roc and a Hard Place · Yon Ill Wind · Faun & Games · Zombie Lover · Xone of Contention · The Dastard · Swell Foop · Up in a Heaval · Cube Route
Second series Characters List of Xanth characters · Magicians · Family of Merlin · Family of Ebnez · Family of Humfrey · Centaur family · Goblin family · Gourd · Mundanes · Other characters
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