A jobless jester and a misguided magpie venture into a land where technology is booming— but trouble is brewing.Dame Elsebet de Whellen has ruled her mildly magical, high-tech country for 50 prosperous years. Now it's facing a crisis three generations in the making, and the bold steps she's taken to save it have gone disastrously off the rails.She needs a hero who can calm her mind, cast a spell, and find a missing sorcerer. Instead she gets Malfred Murd, former Royal Fool, booted from his job and now scrounging a living around the corners of the Kingdom. What starts as Fred's quick attempt to con Dame Elsebet escalates until he—and his self-appointed magpie advisor Corvinalias— are hopelessly entangled in a desperate mission that might cost a Fool his life and a people their future.The inevitable comparisons to Terry Pratchett are accurate. —Andrew Shanahan, author of Before And AfterA wonderful read for fans of the fantasy-comedy genre in the spirit of Monty Python or the gleeful musical television series Galavant.... a colorful story of adventure, friendship and deception.—Sydney Rappis, Reedsy DiscoveryA book and a writer to look out for. — Jim Webster, author of the Tallis Steelyard seriesA cleverly plotted, twisty novel with a gratifying conclusion. —The BookLife PrizeMeet a cast of memorable, vividly drawn characters with exciting action sequences and interpersonal drama. Click Buy Now or Read Now and escape into a world of magic, miscommunication, monsters and magpies.
