When nine year old Prince James visits the temple to find out about the god Maxos, little did he expect to be carried off to a fortress in the far west of his father's realm. 'You need to grow up and out of the comfortable little niche you live in.' Maxos' dragon tells him. James arrives with a bump outside a fortress door far in the west where it is only just dawn. Eventually he is let inside and he has to contrive an explanation of how he arrived. He tells them he was kidnapped and claims aquaintance of a distant cousin of his mother who lives in the north so they allow him to stay until...

The King of Zanabaria has at last taken notice of Prince James pleas for assistance in Calabar. Though Ryan, the Duke of Bel Isle, was sent to take charge of the Princes area of the castle at Calabar he has been so busy sorting out the finances which are a disaster as the Duke of Calabar has spent far more money than he had and used the Princes purse to keep the Duchy going. James other pleas have taken longer to sort out and now a Chancellor to look into the finances, a Master of Ceremonies to prepare the program after William's arrival and also the requested chef have been dispatched. The...