Otherwise he would never have kidnapped Fred Barber and dropped him into the Court of King Oberon and Queen Titania.

Barber, a seasoned diplomat, believed only what he saw—but what he was seeing was unbelievable: elves, fairies, sprites, goblins, all matter-of-factly living in a world of spells, curses, and assorted magics.

It was like something out of a children's story—until Barber's quest for a way back to the "real" world of the 20th century unleashed forces of ancient evil that had been lying in wait for him for a long, long time....