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When a beautiful Indian woman hands Jack his own business card, which she claims he gave her Aunt over 40 years ago, there is no doubt in Jack's mind that another quest is about to unfold. Before the riddle is solved, Jack is off to India.

Illuboo Roi is a planet inhabited by pear-shaped beings with pointed heads. Ruby is hired by Oop Boop, an Illuboo, to uncover a secret society known as "The Illusionati". When the Digital Circus is invited to Illuboo Roi, Ruby, Teru, And/Or, and Rodant Kapoor travel incognito as performers. Meanwhile, doppelgrangers, grown out of bio-flesh, are replacing infuential Illuboos, perhaps even Oop Boop!

A new Ruby, but as snappy and sassy as ever. Our futuristic sleuth faces some grotesque new adversaries in screwball locations as she battles the manipulators of the electronic media. Will Ruby defeat the detractors of the truth and protect the perspective of credulous consumers, or desiccate in the dreadful desert of the Great Boosbooszees? From Kismet to the Ossirian Islands, Ruby's escapades move, twist, and shimmy!

People feel there's something "witchy" about Amy. She is tormented by an oval "light" that appears at random. Amy fled to Costa Rica, where she was born, but the light has reappeared. Jack and Mojo try to help, but something very powerful is happening, and it may be traced back to an old African god.

Jack Flanders has inherited the Inverness mansion from his late aunt, Lady Jowls. A strange energy is emanating from the ruins of a temple that Madame Trunknose believes is the awakening of an old pagan god. Jack calls Mojo to help save Inverness. When Jack hears the voice of Little Frieda calling for help, he enters the Fourth Tower and finds not only Little Frieda, but also the seductive, shapeshifting daughter of the King of the Rakshasas!

On the planet Summa Nulla (crossroads of the galaxy, high point of nothing) someone is manipulating the media. And Ruby, smart, tough, sexy detective that she is, is hired to track down the male-factors. The swinging Andriod Sisters perform speak-satirical songs as Ruby, the funny, fast-paced galactic gumshoe encounters some pretty weird planetary inhabitants on her quest for truth and the intergalactic way.

This edition contains all four unabridged episodes, "The Moon Coins of Sonto Lore", "The Turban of El Morya", "Dark Night of the Reptiods" and "Mad moon for Rubina". Ruby is hired to find four moon coins. There is a myth that when the four coins come together, dimensions will shift. Along with Teru and Kapoor, Ruby explores a creepy planet of slithering reptilian beings called Reptiods.

This classic story is filled with all kinds of teachings, from Ram Dass playing on the Wurlitzer of Wisdoms, to the Tibetan wheel-of-life, to Sufi stories, all woven into a humorous adventure taking place in an old mansion called Inverness. The mansion has three towers, but Jack Flanders has seen a fourth. When he finally enters the tower, he discovers there are various levels, and each level contains another world.

Ruby, Teru, and Kapoor arrive on the planet of Mobius-Morpheus, a planet of Dreamers. Someone is tampering with their dreams. While Ruby is attempting to discover who is behind this, she stumbles upon her old friend, the Tookah, a shrewd observer of the Dream Weavers.

Jesse, a young anthropologist, disappears somewhere in the highlands of West Sumatra, and Jack is hired to find her. There's evidence that she was involved in the Kabut cult, a secret society practicing ancient tribal magic. Jack travels to Bukittinggi as the city erupts in the exotic sounds of celebration at the end of Ramadan, the Moslem holy month of fasting. Sounds just dandy - until a mist swirls around him, and he's staring into the gaping mouth of a giant, swirling vortex.

Somewhere in the tropics, yet another beach resort is being built. As they bulldoze a road through a valley the locals consider sacred (the dwelling of a Nature Spirit), the jungle begins to spring up everywhere else. At Maria's Cafe', chairs are sprouting leaves, vines are creeping over the counter, and orchids are growing from the walls. Meanwhile, Jack, Mojo and Claudine are attempting to prove the Nature Spirit not only exists, she may have just begun to "even the score".

When Jack Flanders came to Inverness and got into all kinds of jams, Little Frieda became his help-mate, keeping Jack alive as he hopefully learned one lesson or another. But here, guided by the wisdom of her ancestors, she finally lays it all out, tells it like it is. With music by Time Clark.

The natives of a far-flung archipelago are tring to turn their islands into a fantasy world called "Land of Zoots". There are rainbow bubble abodes, giant inflatable walking/talking toes, and trees that grow feathers. While Rodant Kapoor is leading a troupe of tiny Terminator Teddy Bears, Ruby is trying to find out who is behind all this. Dan it be, the Wizard of Zoots?

From Rio de Janeiro, into the vast Amazon, Jack pursues a mysterious crystal skull. The author and composer recorded the music and sounds of Rio, and then flew into the dark heart of the Amazon to record the jungle sounds. Also featuring Mojo Sam.

A strange velvet overstuffed chair is delivered to Jack's apartment. When he sits in the chair, sinking down through the soft cushions, he finds himself in a realm of pirates, sorcerers and three masted ships that fly the skies.

In "The Underworld", Ruby investigates the dark force within Magnifico, City of Malls, while Inanna journeys into the Seven Gates of the Underworld. In "The Invisible World", Ruby finds herself in the Astral Bar & Grill, where the decor adapts to each person's personality.

One autumn evening in New York, Jack Flanders walks into an all night coffee shop, and finds himself stepping out into the tropics. He encounters his long lost uncle, Sir Henry Jowls, who convinces Jack to steal a green stone. But Sir Henry is replaced by another Sir Henry, who insists Jack return the stone to the mythical city of Mer-Kahbah. To reach that city, Jack must cross the Twilight Realms of the Hungry Ghosts and they are quite hungry.

While Jack Flanders is being chased by a zombie, his phone rings. It's Mojo waking Jack from his nightmare and inviting him to New Orleans. Later, strolling through the French Quarter, Jack is amazed to see Claudine, from Montreal. Or had he just met a voodoo priestess who can shapeshift into the woman of his dreams? And who is that zombie that keeps following him?

People are disappearing in Montreal. Jack and Mojo believe they are being drawn into the "Other City", an ephemeral city that appears at random, and suddenly vanishes, taking people with it. There's a blind street musician whose haunting accordion echoes down the narrow streets of a city that may only exist somewhere "next door to reality".

Invisible balls of energy are causing hallucinations within the walled city of Old Quebec. Jack and Mojo try to locate the source of these "eyes". When a little girl with pigtails, smoking a cigar, is seen about town, Jack suspects Litte Frieda is involved. When Jack speaks to Claudine on his cell, she appears before him; when he hangs up, she vanishes.