In this classic of fantasy fiction, John Myers transports readers to a world as limitless as the human imagination. A shipwrecked American finds himself in the land of Commonwealth, where all fictional characters are real. On his journey, he encounters legendary figures such as Robin Hood, Beowulf, and Huck Finn, embarking on the adventure of a lifetime.

This richly picaresque story is a glowing tapestry of real excitement and meaning. It tells the tale of Silverlock's wanderings in the Commonwealth, the land of immortal heroes, in search of his true destiny. The narrative is headlong and interwoven with clangorous verses.

How A. Clarence Shandon came to the Commonwealth, exchanging his everyday name and Chicago-bound life for that of a traveler beyond time; what great ones of old legend and modern story he encountered, and to what purpose; what loves he knew and what fights he fought; what trials befell him in the Pit, and what truth he discovered when at last he won to the Hippocrene Spring—these are matters of such crowding variety and implicit significance as the reader must discover for himself.

The literate reader will have a wonderful time, amused by the wicked wit that illuminates the vast panorama, and intrigued by the challenge it offers his own learning. Most of all, it impresses with its profound knowledge of our cultural heritage and stirs with its vital interpretations.