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REVIEWING TODAY: ORVILLE MOUSE AND THE PUZZLE OF THE LAST METAPHONIUM BY TOM HOFFMAN

If you are a fan of the Orville Wellington Mouse-Metaphysical Adventurer books, as I unabashedly am, you’ll know how prophetically Proto the Rabbiton confronts his friends in the first few pages of Orville Mouse and the Puzzle of the Last Metaphonium by Tom Hoffman. “I knew it, you’re hiding something! We’re off on another terrifying adventure filled with all manner of horrifying beasts scuttling about in the darkness, waiting to pounce, snaring us with their razor sharp claws and venomous fangs.” The only aspect Proto neglects to mention is how much funniness and magic such a perilous adventure might entail.

In this fourth installment of a highly successful, award winning series, Tom Hoffman has produced in The Puzzle of the Last Metaphonium both a plot and a literal device that almost defy imagination. Except that imagination might verily be the name of the game itself. The last Metaphonium – the device – is one ingenious invention. Not your parents’ Sound Piano, nor your grandparents’ either; this one literally takes you to other worlds. And it is on the most important adventure quest of all – to locate a missing loved one – that Orville, his girlfriend Sophia, and their personal protector Proto dare the prophesized terrors of a mysterious other-world in order to successfully complete (survive) their mission.

Metaphysically replete with the wisdom, humor, adventure, unspoken love and oatmeal cookies that young and old have come to expect from Orville Mouse, The Puzzle of the Last Metaphonium satisfies all your cravings. Except for the oatmeal cookies. Those are incumbent upon yourself; unless, of course, you happen already to be a Shaper. Read the book!