{"product_id":"2940154612545","title":"Queen Moxie","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this humorous tale, it is now ten years since Moxie became Queen of Usca in south-west Britain. A tribe of Picts shatter her peaceful reign by migrating from the north and occupying territory just outside her border.\u003cbr\u003eMoxie decides to build a fort to help control the wild Picts. To her surprise, she discovers that the fort has been built on land claimed by the forest fairies. Oberon, the King of the fairies, destroys the fort using magic.\u003cbr\u003eMoxie threatens Oberon with military might. Oberon threatens Moxie with magic. To counter Oberon, Moxie asks Camelot to send Merlin to help her out and Arthur agrees.\u003cbr\u003eOnce Merlin arrives, Moxie demands that he confront Oberon and use magic spells to defeat the fairy King. Merlin isn’t thrilled by the request. Moxie wants him to cast field magic spells, a type of spell casting that Merlin has never been able to master.\u003cbr\u003eThe Picts hear about the fort and decide Moxie has become hostile. They determine to attack rather than wait for Moxie to attack them.\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, Moxie’s only child, the ten-year-old daughter, Aethelwine, decides she won’t be the next queen, leaving Moxie without a heir.\u003cbr\u003eTristan, a Knight of the Round Table, has been exiled by Arthur for insulting all the nobles with his songs and is staying in Moxie’s castle. He is working on a play to be staged in Stonehenge. Tristan hopes the play will end his exile since it praises King Arthur and Camelot\u003cbr\u003eFaced with threats from the fairies and the Picts, Moxie decides to take on the fairies. Merlin tells Moxie and Oberon they are both idiots for fighting each other when the real threat comes from the Picts who will be able to conquer both after they fight a battle and are weakened by casualties.\u003cbr\u003eMoxie and Oberon agree to a treaty and combine forces to confront the Picts who have been reinforced by boatloads of warriors.\u003cbr\u003eCan Moxie and Oberon convince the Picts to back down?\u003cbr\u003eAnd what about Aethelwine?\u003cbr\u003eIs Tristan’s play any good?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hank Quense","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167562481904,"sku":"2940154612545","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154612545_p0.jpg?v=1764072854","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154612545","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}