Myth-Gotten Gains (Myth Adventures)

by Robert Lynn Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye

Book Overview

Aahz discovers that the shabby-looking sword he bought at a flea market in a remote dimension is Ersatz, leader of the Golden Hoard, a fabled collection of powerful magical treasures that can turn any... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441015727
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Ace
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.8" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Another Myth adventure

It was a good read. However it was missing Skeeve. It did focus on Aahz. It gave a bit of back ground on him.

Not as good as the origionals, but better than most recient

I would put this book on par with Class Dis-Mythed (not as good as the origional 10 books in the series, but better than they more recient examples of the MYTH series). Overall, I am pretty happy with this book. I am a fan of the MYTH series, and in my opinion this book stays true to form. Not everyone will like it, but fans of the series certainly will. The idea was great (Aahz tracks down a set of legendary treasures each with a long history and special powerful magic powers... the only thing is these treasures don't get along with eachother), and leave avenues open for further stories down the line. Other than the seven "hoard treasures" that Aahz is tracking down, there is one new character that I think could have been a bit better developed, I actually thought that the personalities from the individual treasures themselves were more interesting (however with personalities such as Aahz and Tanda to be compaired against I can see how she might seem "small"). My biggest complaint with the last book (Class Dis-Mythed) was that there wasn't enough Aahz. My biggest complaint with this book was that there wasn't enough Skeeve. A better title would have been "M.Y.T.H. INC Treasurers" since this book is from the point of view of Aahz (vs Skeeve)... if you are a fan of the earlier books of the series you will know what I mean. However, I get the feeling that this book and Class Dis-Mythed occured at the same time (since there are no characters that are shared between the two books). I hope that the next book brings everyone back together (it seemed to hint at this throughout the book). Another complaint I had with this is that there were numerious punctuation errors throughout the book. Obviously this didn't detract from the story itself, but it was rather distracting and gave the book a more "amature" feel than I believe it deserves. If you are a fan of the earlier MYTH books, liked the previous MYTH book (Class Dis-Mythed), or like titles from Piers Anthony or The Bartimaeus Trilogy (by Jonathan Stroud) then you will probably like this book. I certainly enjoyed reading it and would recomend it to anyone who would be interested in a fantasy/comedy combo.