With his splinter of the Oracle still safe in his keeping Jeremy Bennett is determined to return to Braggon and visit his friend Bogwash the groll and the dwarfs at the earliest opportunity. But things rarely go according to plan. At a boot-fair he witnesses something he doesn't expect - himself peering through a hedge back at him. '...No magic...secret...reverse it...' it had said before disappearing. But what did it all mean? Before he can use his piece of the Oracle to transport himself back to the land of the dwarfs a strange ginger creature steals it leaving him stranded in his own world. It's at moments like these a helping hand is needed, and Scuttlebutt, the wizard's famulus, is only too willing to help out. And so once again Jeremy finds himself in Mirandeer to begin yet another adventure with Boggie and the rest of the crew. Mayhem isn't too far away!