The elected kings of Talleur have to be magicians. People have forgotten why. But with the king kidnapped, Magician Ena D’Wojdt and policman Ivor Katiesson learnr that there is a spell only the king knows that must be said before sunset on Wintersnight — winter solstice — now six days away. If they cannot find the king or the spell in time, something worse than hell will break loose.
