**Puns and playfulness reign supreme as a demoness learns that big birds of a feather don’t flock together in the** New York Times **–bestselling Xanth series (** The Toronto Star **).** Seeking a solution to a perplexing personal problem, the delectable Demoness Metria asks for help from the wise Magician Humfrey. But before he will help her, she must perform a perilous mission: Rove the length and breadth of Xanth in search of a suitable jury for the trial of Roxanne Roc, a notably noble and virtuous bird charged with a most improbable offense. Exciting, exhilarating, and brimming with hilarious high jinks, *Roc and a Hard Place* is Xanth at its most enchanting. [A] lighthearted series . . . many outlandish characters, adventures, jokes and plays on words. — *Publishers Weekly*