A collection of seven fantasy stories features humorous twist endings and such characters as leprechauns, mischievous schoolboys, ghosts, magic spells, an elf prince, and a missing heir to the throne. Reprint.[...]

Sophos, heir to the throne of Sounis, has disappeared without a trace. Eugenides, the new and unlikely king of Attolia, has never stopped wondering what happened to his friend. Nor has the Queen of Eddis, who once offered Sophos her hand. They send spies. They pay informants. They appeal to the gods[...]