The laws of the five magics were being set aside. If the world was to be saved it was up to Jason the wordsmith. But what was he to do? He had writer's block and suffered from agoraphobia. He was not a hero for the sagas.

"Lyndon Hardy brings us a story in which the rigorous application of logic gives an added dimension of reality to fantasy" - Lester del Rey

Out of print for almost thirty years and now available again.

Contains glossary, and author's afterward.