No Mongoose in the Mimosa

I've been putting the finishing touches on Tunnel at the End of the Dark , but I've had some distractions. Tunnel at the End of the Dark is the Book 2 sequel to The Princess, the Knight & the Knave in the Possible Magic series. Although I tried to get some early reader inputon the first draft by offering copies of Book 1, I got no takers. I don't think I'll try that again. I realized there would be difficulty, the title of Book 1 is not very exciting because I adapted from computer science problem. Also, I am terrible at publicity. So, I went ahead with my gut feeling on the plot direction. Naturally, the hero, young stage illusionist Matt Collins, gets drawn back to Kotimaa when the wicked, but not quite evil, wizard Crius swaps bodies with him again. The evil wizard Sobieslaw sends his beastman army against the Kotimaa frontier, and the outcast knave, Harold allies with Sobieslaw in the batttle. Meanwhile, King Ilbert has been given a magical poison, and hi