{"product_id":"juxtaposition-9780345349347","title":"Juxtaposition","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this brilliantly satisfying conclusion to the epic adventure begun in \u003ci\u003eSplit Infinity\u003c\/i\u003e and continued in \u003ci\u003eBlue Adept, \u003c\/i\u003ePiers Anthony again proves himself a consummate master of both science fiction and fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStile had problems--two whole worlds of problems, in fact. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn Proton, a world of future science, his murder was averted only by the help of a lovely robot, who sent him through an invisible \"curtain\" to Phaze, an alternate world ruled by magic. There he found he was the double of the sorcerer, the Blue Adept, who had been mysteriously murdered. And the assassin was after Stile  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo survive, Stile had to master magic, fight a dragon, win the friendship of a lady unicorn, locate his enemy among the paranoid Adepts, and return out of Phaze to win the Great Games on Proton. After that, he was ready to face the \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e problems  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe infallible Oracle was suddenly involved in the conspiracy against him. The two worlds were out of balance and heading for disaster. Stile was somehow supposed to take over the job of saving them or go down to total destruction with all he loved, he had to act and act quickly--with no idea of what he was supposed to do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePiers Anthony\u003c\/b\u003e, sometimes called Pier Xanthony, is the pseudonym of a Mundane character who was born in England in 1934, came to America in 1940, was naturalized in 1958, and moved to Xanth in 1977. His first story was published in 1963, and his first novel, \u003ci\u003eChthon, \u003c\/i\u003ein 1967. His first Xanth novel, \u003ci\u003eA Spell for Chameleon, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the August Derleth Fantasy Award as the best novel for 1977, and his fantasy novels began placing on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list with \u003ci\u003eOgre, Ogre\u003c\/i\u003e. He shifted from writing in pencil to writing on the computer, and \u003ci\u003eGolem in the Gears\u003c\/i\u003e was his first novel created on the machine; naturally, the computer found its way into Xanth.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Worlds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914020884754,"sku":"9780345349347","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ec39919-2208-45da-9a54-12b4e2163313.jpg?v=1738802888","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/juxtaposition-9780345349347","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}