Read by Christopher Hurt

When Kerin Evor's son sets off on a quest, his departure is prompted
by the threat of a shotgun wedding and his goal is the somewhat unglamorous
secret of a clock escapement. What's more, he prepares for his journey
with brief courses in swordsmanship, lock-picking, lying and foreign
languages. Such a humorously pragmatic approach to heroic fantasy is
a hallmark of de Camp's classic work, including, besides the tales of
Conan the Barbarian , the Novarian series to which this is a follow-up.
Despite the advice of his elders and his own caution, Kerin finds adventure
aplenty, including a spell on a desert island, capture by pirates and
the rescue of a princess from human sacrifice. Though de Camp has written
better books, this proves that he still has few peers in the wry vein
of human comedy that his Marco Polo jaunts invariably reveal.

Library Journal
A night of pleasure with a neighbor's daughter forces Kerin to embark
on a hasty journey to save his family's honor and his own future. Encounters
with pirates, a mad hermit, and a secret emissary to the Emperor of
the Far East lead to further entanglements with evil priests and a damsel
in distress in this picaresque comic-fantasy adventure by the author
of The Unbeheaded King.

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