About the book: 2009 / Strange and inexplicable things are happening in Ortan and the allied kingdoms. An assassination attempt that turns out not to be quite an assassination attempt. A disease that turns out to be not a disease at all. A stolen artifact that turns out to be not what it seems. A mysterious consultant in a wonderful hat and an equally mysterious hunchback with different eyes. Visions of what cannot be. Of course, the insightful King Shellar and his friends will figure it all out. If only it weren’t too late... 5. Whispers of the dark past6. Make the gods laugh