Inheriting a wizard's familiar but not the ability to master any magical abilities, Liam instead employs his growing detective skills when his late friend's magical artifacts are stolen and used to commit crime. Original.
A wizard was found dead with a smile fixed firm across his face so wide, so hideous--it could only be the work of magic! Liam Rhenford and his faithful dragon familiar have been called to root out the source of the spell. But there's more to this case than meets the eye.
Sent to Torquay to investigate new trade routes for the Duke and to deliver a magical remedy to King Nicanor IV, an unwitting Liam Rhenford and his dragon companion, Fanuilh, find themselves on the run when they are blamed for a murder they did not commit.
Over the past five hundred years, historians and other social scientists have perceived an extraordinary occurance: the transition from the Middle Ages, via the Renaissance, to modernity