First, since I for some reason had a most difficult time getting logged onto this board, and lost some of my original post,
I've greatly enjoyed Drunkard's Walk since I first ran across it.
Now...
*mock-grumbles* most of my suggestions have already been taken... but I do have these left
The Castle Perilous series by John deChancie (I think it's a dead series - I've not run across any new ones for a number of years). The setting is a gigantinormous castle (miles on a side) that's the transformed body of a demon that contains gates to 143,999 worlds within - however, with a few exceptions, the gates are unstable as all get out - they roam randomly through the castle and their dimensions they connect to. The castle is populated by the various people that stumble in (of various species) and they generate 1 unique magical ability while there because of the ambient background. Most of the books were various dealing with invasions from different dimensions and the general chaos of the castle.
Doug might be looking to find if one of the gates goes back to his universe or not, or caught in the chaos of an invasion there.
The second... well, it's just because I'd like to a superhero type having to deal with what needs to be done to save the world - "Villians by Necessity" by Eve Forward.
I've greatly enjoyed Drunkard's Walk since I first ran across it.
Now...
*mock-grumbles* most of my suggestions have already been taken... but I do have these left
The Castle Perilous series by John deChancie (I think it's a dead series - I've not run across any new ones for a number of years). The setting is a gigantinormous castle (miles on a side) that's the transformed body of a demon that contains gates to 143,999 worlds within - however, with a few exceptions, the gates are unstable as all get out - they roam randomly through the castle and their dimensions they connect to. The castle is populated by the various people that stumble in (of various species) and they generate 1 unique magical ability while there because of the ambient background. Most of the books were various dealing with invasions from different dimensions and the general chaos of the castle.
Doug might be looking to find if one of the gates goes back to his universe or not, or caught in the chaos of an invasion there.
The second... well, it's just because I'd like to a superhero type having to deal with what needs to be done to save the world - "Villians by Necessity" by Eve Forward.