A classic Good vs. Evil story with magic and action.

I love fantasy and magic. This book is chock full of that, with grown up love and plenty of action.

A modern couple are stranded in a strange world somewhat like Regency London with magic. In this world, the couple becomes involved with a magician who is trying to gain power through a trip to the Labyrinth. An obsessed father weds his daughter to the magician, and all the characters take off to find the labyrinth. I find this story charming; the modern couple trying to survive in a strange world add an element of reality.

Heroine brought up to live on mining world escapes to space and finds alien love. The highroad is the road back to the planet of origin. The heroine is immensely practical, the alien love is sufficiently dangerous, and there are wonderful minor characters. A subtheme is racism, and this adds depth to the novel.