How much worse can Heck get? Some people might think of that as a rhetorical question, but to siblings Marlo and Milton Fauster, it's a reality. If you're familiar with their tragic story, then you know they've escaped Heck's principal Bea "Elsa" Bubb's clutches numerous times. They made it out of the eternity in Limbo, managed not to steal too many things in Rapacia, and then wiped their mouth after leaving Blimpo. Now it's on to the fourth circle of Heck: Fibble --- the place where liars go. The reason Milton ended up in Fibble is because he claims to be Marlo, his sister. You might remember that Milton's and Marlo's souls were switched at the end of BLIMPO, and then this would make total sense.

So Milton, I mean Marlo, finds herself in her brother's body and, after the initial squirminess that accompanies such a horrible realization, is swept up in vice-principal P.T. Barnum's three-ring circus --- literally. Three giant circus tents make up Fibble, and while the circus may be a joyous occasion for most children, the circus in Heck is everything you could imagine in your nightmares. Flaming pants, rainbow-wig-wearing shrimp and itchy hair clothes infested with lice are just a small part of the joys of Fibble. Marlo also discovers that the truth is hard to find and the only way to survive is by lying your flaming pants off.

Meanwhile, Marlo, I mean Milton, is trying desperately to pass off as his sister despite the snickers he receives for his paperclip jewelry and inappropriate leg-crossing while wearing a skirt. Milton, though, attracts the attention of the big guy downstairs and is enlisted as an assistant to Orson Welles and the new television network T.H.E.E.N.D.: Televised Hereafter Evangelistic Entertainment Network Division. Satan is beaming up to the surface of his popular shows like "Teenage Jesus" and "Allah in the Family" to gain viewers. Milton, though, is perplexed as to why all the shows would be airing at the same time.

If somebody wasn't trying to take over the world, H-E-double-hockey-sticks, or fighting for more power, then it wouldn't be a typical day in Heck. Marlo discovers that P.T. Barnum has an evil diabolical plan to create havoc among humanity by selling the earth to aliens and fooling everyone into moving to a new planet. Milton realizes that T.H.E.E.N.D. has created an all-out religion war on earth causing everyone to want to sell the earth to aliens and move to a new planet. Could this be just a simple coincidence? The truth will out itself, or so the saying goes, and the Fauster siblings are sick of all the lies.

Pirates, angels, cats, scarecrows and even Noah himself make an appearance in the fourth installment of this now infamous series (at least according to the powers that be and the powers that be evil). Somewhere, I'm sure, Dale E. Basye sits around and dreams up all the ridiculous characters, situations and funny wordplay that make these books so much fun to read, and then laughs maniacally at the thought that he actually gets to do this for a living. While FIBBLE is just the midpoint of the series, it's still fresh and original as ever. If you haven't picked up these books yet, you're missing out. And that's no lie!