Fantasy novel by
Rick Cook, fifth in the series beginning with
Wizard's Bane.
Wiz Zumwalt,
programmer-
wizard and former
Cupertino resident now in a
sword-and-sorcery World, takes some time off to attend the
Winter Fair, of which his
wife,
Moira the
hedge witch, has been named Queen. A strange
magical force, however, disrupts the Fair, abducting
Moira's body and transferring her
personality into the young
dragon Fluffy. Wiz sets off on a
quest to the
City of Night to find her, accompanied by
Malkin the
thief,
Danny Gavin and his wife
June, and
Glandurg the
dwarf.
Meanwhile, back at the Wizard's Keep, Jerry Andrews analyzes the strange magical fog that has descended, along with other strange happenings, and decides to seek the assistance of a programming god. The only one available, E.T. Tajikawa, is presently at Comdex, so Jerry, accompanied by the wizard Bal-Simba and Moira/Fluffy, use a Great Summoning to travel to Las Vegas to find him and bring him back.
Another great outing in the series, and anyone who has ever been to trade shows will love the Comdex references. Highly recommended, along with the rest of the series.
Source: Rick Cook, The Wizardry Quested (Baen Books, 1996)