Betkorn, an impoverished royal noble from a medieval world with an amazing talent and interest in necromancy is sent on his first solo quest. Yet another of the new-breed of controversial wizards that Nepheron, the head of the nameless order of magi, has drawn to the task of saving worlds. Betkorn is smart, very handsome, talented in many other schools of magic than just necromancy, and a highly competitive young man. He takes on a world with many mysteries and a huge cast of wonderful locals. The solution will take him well beyond the world in peril he was assigned.Book seven in the SmallPowers saga.