The war was bad. The cleanup is worse.
Sure, the dragon is dead and the Sorcerer is defeated. But with all the silly left-over magic running around the kingdom of Baltica, things are ‘worser-than-worse’. Who’s going to clean it all up?
Eleven-year-old Gulchima Brixby thinks she’s the girl for the job. She’s just inherited the family construction company, and they’re drowning in debt. When a bill-collector threatens her family with prison, Gulchima makes a risky decision. She signs a contract to remove all the silly left-over magic from the kingdom’s biggest town.
Fairy poo in the factory? Swan-maidens under the bridge? Pumpkins that strangle you in your sleep? How hard could it be? It’s only magic…
But when a dead dragon drops on her doorstep, the job gets dangerous. Someone is sabotaging her contract, and if Gulchima can’t figure out who killed that dead dragon, she might be next.