The worst choice is sometimes the best choice. Such was the case of Sir Christian de Galis, for thirty-plus years the absolute worst choice to do anything in his particular kingdom. Jesters told jokes about him. Heroes avoided him. Bullies humiliated him. The king got real tired of having him around. What suddenly made him the best choice to go on a quest with the kingdom's scariest lady who looked harmless? As Sir Christian rode to the rescue of the lady's grandson with her equally scary-yet-zany retinue--an ancient archer with more disabilities than arrows, a loquacious niece with the...

The worst choice is sometimes the best choice. Such was the case of Sir Christian de Galis, for thirty-plus years the absolute worst choice to do anything in his particular kingdom. Jesters told jokes about him. Heroes avoided him. Bullies humiliated him. The king got real tired of having him around. What suddenly made him the best choice to go on a quest with the kingdom's scariest lady who looked harmless? As Sir Christian rode to the rescue of the lady's grandson with her equally scary-yet-zany retinue--an ancient archer with more disabilities than arrows, a loquacious niece with the...