Everyone has to start somewhere, and it's no different for magicians. But Skeeve is on the brink of a breathtaking breakthrough. For he is going to pick up a feather. And this is only the beginning. Before long, he'll even be able to light a candle.

Young Skeeve is the struggling apprentice to the mighty sorcerer Garkin. However, when Garkin meets a fate bearing a remarkable resemblance to death (he dies), Skeeve is left all alone in the world. And if it weren't for the purple-tongued demon, the deveels, imps, dragons and unicorns, the amazing adventures, the extraordinary events and the fact that his life will never be the same again, who knows what would have become of him?

A masterpiece of comic fantasy packed with magic, mayhem and, of course, mythadventure.