Voted Best Fantasy Book of the Year and Best Thriller of the Year by the three million members of the Online Book Club. Practical Joker Delvin sets up as a magician after being falsely accused of murder and inheriting the murdered magician's magic tricks. But strange things seem to be happening. Is he performing real magic and not just tricks? Is there a secret that he doesn't know? He desperately need to find out. When the ruthless Princess Jarla hears about him, his problems really begin. She believes his magic is real, and she forces him to join her in trying to stop a war with a neighbouring country. What is this secret that The Guild of Magician's are so determined to keep, that they kill anyone who learns it? Delvin will need all his cunning and skill with magic tricks to succeed and survive. Comments taken from Online Book Club's reader's "I couldn't put it down." "Amazing plot...one twist after another." "Pulsating, nail-biting story...one of the most exciting books I have ever read...masterpiece." "It is up there with Harry Potter." "You delve into the world of Delvin and experience the ride of your life." "Contains interesting Characters...for example Princess Jarla, a fierce, sarcastic, snarky and stubborn woman that scares her enemies and is not afraid of anything." "If you love a story somewhere between Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Pirates of the Caribbean, you will enjoy this fantasy."

The Magician's Guild is again trying to take over the duchies of Hengel and Argent. The Magicians want to control all the magician's stones which allow those possessing them to make people do whatever they want. Practical Joker Delvin and Princess Jarla are determined to stop them. Together with the duke's fixer Grimbolt and a street urchin, they are all that stand in the magician's way. As Delvin and Princess Jarla begin to disrupt the magician's plans, things don't go smoothly and Princess Jarla is captured. Delvin has to call on all his cunning and skill with magic tricks for them to survive and win through.

The Magician's Guild seem to be plotting again, but what are they plotting this time? When the plot finally comes to light, the duchies of Hengel and Argent are threatened as never before. Practical joker Delvin and his apprentice Nippy need all their ingenuity and skill with magic tricks to stop the city of Hengel being captured. Princess Jarla is determined that this must be the last time the magicians attack the duchies. Can she and Delvin really defeat the magicians and bring down the Magician's Guild? But things soon start to go wrong.