Wizard's apprentice, Walter Farmfound, embarks on a personal quest to set right the wrongs of his past. Unfortunately, his step-father has caused him to avoid anything alcoholic, which is a serious problem since the singular potion that could potentially release his magic, and his dreams, is over ninety-eight percent proof . . .
Walter has a desperate need to become a wizard and to unlock his unique Wild Magic, which is an unstoppable force of nature, but also completely unhinged and with a life and an agenda of its own. When his magic is finally unleashed, Walter believes he will at last be able to make everyone pay for all their years of unsought-for . . . attentions; because who messes with a wizard, right?
Unfortunately, the only time Walter is able to access his all-powerful and untameable Wild Magic is when he is completely inebriated - pickled even - and therefore without any of those pesky, restraining inhibitions; and quite possibly a single functioning brain cell. So what could possibly go wrong?
Walter's story begins at a gentle pace, carefully setting out his early life - and his occasionally bumpy background - and, after several disastrous, yet hysterical magical incidents back home, including one unforgettable afternoon with a very hungry and sentient compost heap, Walter is finally brought to the Wizards Keep in the capital city of Vikksaporubb to be indentured to the extravagant Senior Wizard, Marlyn, which is when the riotous rollercoaster of magic and mayhem really begins.
The pace and the laughs as the story unfolds will envelope the reader in an ever-increasing torrent of hilarious and unexpected twists and turns of wild, Wild Magic and even wilder characters.
Wizards, witches, a Wild Magic that knows no bounds, a pair of decadent Royal Twins that appear to have no boundaries, centaurs, trolls, Hellves and an inter-species war . . . what more does a comic fantasy novel require?
How about an unbounded quantity of refreshing, sometimes naughty originality, a centuries-dead sorcerer, a vengeful dragon, an enigmatic teacher, a crazy quest, an even crazier duck and chrysanthemums. But no wands, definitely no wands!
Pickled Magic is a hilarious, Pratchett-esque rollercoaster of a journey of riotous discovery, naughtiness and jokes as Walter's quest takes him ever-nearer to the ultimate power in the magical world of Allyssion, and perhaps finally to a little personal peace of his own; and yet this story is about so, so much more than something as simple as revenge and the possibility of some long-awaited payback . . .
These books contains more corn than Kansas, and more jokes, belly laughs, and surprises to make the reader overjoyed that the Pickled Magic Trilogy is over three times the length of anything in this genre and with a guaranteed giggle on every page.
