William McClary loves to tell a good story, the only thing is that it gets him into a lot of trouble. At fourteen, William is expected to get a respectable Apprenticeship, like a Librarian or Carpenter. William has other ideas. He wants to be an Author's Apprentice. William gets the opportunity after his most recent blunder, but discovers that being an Author is a lot harder than he first thought! Not only does he need an imagination, but combat skills and logical reasoning as well. What does an Author actually do in the lands of Teirran Ruhe, anyway?