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Once upon a time, a brave young lad named Wuntvor, hapless apprentice to the mighty mage Ebenezum, journeyed from Vushta, City of Forbidden Delights, to the far distant Eastern Kingdoms in search of a cure for his master's malady of magicks (which had, unfortunately, spread to the entire College of Wizards).When he reached his destination, the luckless lad almost immediately ran afoul of the dread Mother Duck, a witch of awesome powers and great literary ambition.
Soon he found himself in show more the witch's clutches ... and her creations—cast as hero (or heroine) in a strange series of foundering fables.
Seeing her storytelling efforts fall far short of perfection, the dread Mother Duck flew into a rage, and brought all of her terrible powers to bear against the lad named Wuntvor, to make certain that he ... Lived happily ever after?
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Hapless apprentice wizard Wuntvor travels to the Eastern Kingdoms seeking a cure for his master's magical illness, only to fall into the clutches of the powerful witch, Mother Duck, who traps him in her poorly written fables and forces him to live out bizarre, disastrous fairy tales to perfect her storytelling.
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- Canonical title
- An Excess of Enchantments
- Original title
- An Excess of Enchantments
- Original publication date
- 1988
- Dedication
- To Heather,
who likes this sort of thing . . . - First words
- Once upon a time, in a land very, very far away, there traveled a young lad who wanted to see the world.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)All I could hear was Death's laughter, ringing in my ears.
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