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Description:  Castle Roogna is the third book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. The castle itself is also the residence of the present King of Xanth. Dor, son of Bink, is a 12 year old magician and next in line to inherit the throne of Xanth. To teach him the skills he will need to rule the kingdom, King Trent sends him through the tapestry on a mission 800 years into Xanth's past to find the ancient and mysterious Zombie Master. Dor travels to the past via the magic tapestry of Castle Roogna and inhabits the body of an invading mundane barbarian. While in the past Dor is accompanied by a (not normally) giant spider named Jumper, who had been drawn into the tapestry with him, and meets his current governess Millie the ghost, a short time before her unfortunate demise. Dor must use his magic and every other resource he possesses to help beat back an invading wave of mundanes and find a way to restore Millie's zombie lover to life back in the present.Turns out the Zombie Master is Millies zombie lover and ends up providing the cure for his own curse. As of January 2015, there are 39 books. Here they are listed in order of publication. 1 A Spell for Chameleon (1977) 2 The Source of Magic (1979) 3 Castle Roogna (1979) 4 Centaur Aisle (1982) 5 Ogre, Ogre (1982) 6 Night Mare (1983) 7 Dragon on a Pedestal (1983) 8 Crewel Lye (1984) 9 Golem in the Gears (1986) 10 Vale of the Vole (1987) 11 Heaven Cent (1988) 12 Man from Mundania (1989) 13 Isle of View (1990) 14 Question Quest (1991) 15 The Color of Her Panties (1992) 16 Demons Don't Dream (1992) 17 Harpy Thyme (1993) 18 Geis of the Gargoyle (1994) 19 Roc and a Hard Place (1995) 20 Yon Ill Wind (1996) 21 Faun & Games (1997) 22 Zombie Lover (1998) 23 Xone of Contention (1999) 24 The Dastard (2000) 25 Swell Foop (2001) 26 Up In A Heaval (2002) 27 Cube Route (2003) 28 Currant Events (2004) 29 Pet Peeve (2005) 30 Stork Naked (2006) 31 Air Apparent (2007) 32 Two to the Fifth (2008) 33 Jumper Cable (2009) 34 Knot Gneiss (2010) 35 Well-Tempered Clavicle (2011) 36 Luck of the Draw (2012) 37 Esrever Doom (2013) 38 Board Stiff (2013) 39 Five Portraits (2014) 40 Isis Orb (Unknown)