Otherland: River of Blue Fire

In the second book of the series, the main characters are living their entire lives in the virtual reality world - "Otherland". In this way, Williams brings his fantasy writing to sci-fi. Entire worlds created were making me laugh out loud. One "world" is called "Kitchen" and it is based on those old cartoons where all the characters are household goods - Chief Strike Anywhere is off to save his son "Little Strike" who has been stolen to light a cannon - yes, they are both matches! These worlds made the chase hilarious and scary depending on the world, but a fast paced book. While this volume had a more tidy ending than the first, I can't wait to get to the next one.