<b>Transport yourself to another world.</b> Before virtual reality, there was a typewriter in the sky - used by one Horace Hackett, writer, in a rollicking adventure that is considered a true masterpiece of fantasy literature. A musician friend of Hackett's finds himself thrust into a swashbuckling tale - as the villain. Using all his wits, he must devise a way to avoid the destiny which befalls every villain ever written about by Hackett - sure death. <b><i>''An adventure story written in the great style adventures should be written in.''</i></b> - Clive Cussler