The Chrishanger
The Official Website of Christopher G. Nuttall
Bookworm III - The Best Laid Plans
Elaine and Johan are preparing to leave Golden City, with Daria and the travellers, in order to search for the Witch-King. The Grand Sorceress instructs Inquisitor Cass to help them. But before Elaine can leave she is arrested by two Inquisitors on the orders of the Emperor. When she resists she is hit with a powerful spell that forces her to concentrate all her efforts on protecting her mind from its intrusion. Taken to the palace she finds that the Grand Sorceress has been removed and the Throne has accepted an heir to the Empire. Realising this has to be the work of the Witch-King, Elaine must defeat the spell that is eating away at her defences if she is to escape and destroy him.
Meanwhile, Johan, Daria and Cass are trying to find a way to get
to Elaine and break her out of the cell in which she is being held.
The Golden City is still widely devastated from the disastrous
battle for power that followed the death of the previous Grand
Sorcerer. The recent escalating breakdown of social order can only
be made worse by the return of an Emperor and the imposition of
martial law. The Privy Councillors and Heads of the Great Houses
succumb to the power of the new Emperor, as he amasses a huge army.
It is up to Elaine and her friends, with some unexpected help, to
prevent an all-out war.
The third instalment in the Bookworm series, The Best Laid Plans
follows on immediately from the events in The
Very Ugly Duckling, with Elaine and Johan joined by other
favourite characters as they try to track down the Witch-King.
Download a FREE SAMPLE, then purchase the complete text from the links on this page!
