Jon-Tom, the Spellsinger, isn't getting any younger, and neither is his otter friend Mudge But there's still adventuring to be done And when a lost chord turns up, clearly wanting Jon-Tom and Mudge to follow it, a little gently adventuring with the usual gaggle of spoiled princesses in peril seems to be on the cards But the chord leads the interpid pair into deadly danger and, unless Jon-Tom's magic can overcome the machinations of an evil wizard, there's the real possibility of the world being plunged into discord and chaos