Myth Alliances - Book Review,
by Robert Asprin

From Booklist Skeev the Wizard is back, flying, so to speak, from a new publisher's masthead. A land of Wuhses has been taken over by 10 female Pervects (who are green, scaly, and fanged, but varied in size, skill, and fashion sense) bent on debt collection. The Wuhses call on Skeev, who, with girlfriend Bunny, sidekick Trollop Tananda, and dragon Gleep, is soon off to troubleshoot or, at least, trouble-negotiate. It soon seems that, while the Pervects may be taking advantage of the Wuhses' economic illiteracy, susceptibility to marketing manipulation, and inability to make a decision without unanimity, they aren't doing all that much harm. On the other hand, they do have the Wuhses producing addictive, magically activated, virtual-reality glasses for export. By the time the Wuhses are shut of the Pervects, satires on marketing, fads, pop psychology, fashion, computers (which are pets in some lands in the book), and many other things have gone down, and the reader has very probably had fun. Roland Green Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Midwest Book Review, September 2003 "Myth Alliances demonstrates that humor done right can be an integral part of a fantasy novel."
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From the Publisher This is the first novel in a brand new Myth Adventures Series, by the authors of LICENSE INVOKED! Robert Asprin teams up with Jody Lynn Nye (APPLIED MYTHOLOGY and ADVANCED MYTHOLOGY) to bring you a brand new set of Myth Adventures with Skeeve, Aahz, Tanda, and the rest of the gang! Will be followed in 2004 by MYTH-TAKEN IDENTITY.
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