None of what I mention here are facts so don't take them as facts. I am just
going from what little I now.

While I was riding on the boat to fp i decided to bring some reading
along. (EX: tinkering books). While reading it over I was thinking if any of
these things could be hints on how to make some other stuff or find the
missing book. Well here are some suggestions to check into. Talk to King
Akannon about it. In the book it mentions at the begging he is writing it for
him or something along those lines. His wife might be in the game (not sure).
He mentions her in the books as compassvess or something close to that. He
named the compass after her. Maybe she has something about it. Talk to the
zookeeper cause he was the one that practically sent them to the mino caves
to get a minotaur for the zoo. Try killing the minotaur in the zoo. He might
somehow have the book. Thats all I could think of about this. If anyone else
has some ideas send them in.

Also I was thinking of some gnomish firework recipes. Maybe we have to add a
stalking probe and a flask of water and maybe some other item to make the
fireworks. It mentions in one of the books that he was worried about the
scouts exploding when the were doing something and he mentions a something
about a flask of water with it. Maybe add a metal rod or that cheaper rod
thing for the stalking probe to shoot out of when it comes in contact with
the water. shoots in the air and explodes. I dunno don't take these litteraly
and rely on them alot. There just some guesses i thought of.