The reluctant goblin demigod Sir Tol of Sebacea is hot on the trail of an elusive criminal who somehow managed to compromise the most secure facility on the planet--a trail that leads to...well, let's just say unexpected places.

Meanwhile, his sister-in-law the Tragacanthan Royal Consort is uncovering the tangled, sinister threads of a 900 year-old crime spree the solution to which will change the face of society forever.

Stir in a megalomaniac mage who has discovered a heinous means to immortality and the stage is set for the kind of slapdashery only N'plork can provide.

Robert G. Ferrell is an author of a wide variety of odds and ends who lives with his wife and approximately three cats in rural Wilson County, Texas. Robert's writing has brought board acclaim. he was a finalist for the Robert Benchley Society Humor Writing Award in 2011 and a semifinalist in 2012. Robert has been published in three humor anthologies: "My Funny Valentine," "My Funny Major Medical," and "Open Doors: Fractured Fairy Tales." His recent novella, "Theopraxis" was a finalist in the 2012 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition.

When not writing, Robert can be found engaged in Ham radio, playing/recording music, reproducing Medieval calligraphy and illumination, or doing the gob-smack in his pool.