Bust the Kingdom''s biggest crime boss? There''s got to be an easier way for a Fool to win love!
A year after the events of Fool''s Proof, Malfred Murd is no longer a Fool, royal or otherwise. He''s a newly minted nobleman- who can''t help plunging back into his own special brew of trouble. This time he''s taken on a task that''s outrageous even for him: becoming an undercover officer, out to bust the biggest crime boss in a vast and decadent city. Will it win him the attention of a certain maddeningly inaccessible Lady... or get him packed at the bottom of a barrel?
And what''s happening half a world away, where four thrilling storylines grow, complicate and come back together in a playful, powerful conclusion that leaves readers begging for more?
Follow Fred, Corvinalias, the other characters we met in "Fool''s Proof"- and a dazzling collection of new ones- on a journey through a world blending equal parts comedy, crime novel and adventure: heroic, horrific and hilarious.