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In such fantastic and dangerous times, may the best man not make an 'ash' of himself.

When Bayerd the Storyteller is sent on a quest, he has no choice but to ride off into the sunset. If he doesn’t leave willingly, he will surely be catapulted over the castle battlements. It would be a fantastic bloody display, one that would end his quest before it even begins. And alas, he is starting to suspect that his own beloved Princess Kelp may be the one who wants him gone from the Golden Kingdom. Permanently. Unless someone much more dastardly is plotting against him.

It isn’t supposed to be a dangerous quest, yet his men begin to vanish one by one. It is just the start of his (and their) misfortune. Bayerd has to wonder if his quest is cursed, or maybe he is the one who’s cursed – again. Will his misbegotten quest be the end of him?