Wizard Bamzooki's Problems

by J.R. Gibson

It's coming up to Wizard President Bamzooki's first year in office, but things are getting out of hand for him again. One of his former advisors Everard Enmore has gone and published a damaging tell all account of his time working with Bamzooki. It reveals a lot of things that Bamzooki doesn't want revealed, including his problems with the media, former officials, generals trying to lecture him about defense, and much more. And as if that wasn't enough, he has to deal with an increasing number of resignations, the tragedy of a magical terrorist attack, and of course, the ever expanding Mongol collusion investigation...

75 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 25, 2025

Reviews

[Florian Armas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This long-running series is a thinly veiled political allegory, though readers familiar with the politics of a certain country can pick up any volume and quickly find their bearings. Some parallels are clear, others more subtly disguised. The challenge isn’t so much keeping track of the long list of names as deciphering who they stand for in real life. The series does an effective job of capturing the disorder and cynical opportunism that define both national politics and the current state of global affairs.

It’s easy enough to identify who Bamzooki, Cynthia, or Ung are, and what the “Mongolian collusion” and “Beethoven mercenary organization” refer to. Others are more obscure, like “recognizing Issus as Antiochian territory” – a deliberate shift in geography and, more cleverly, in religious context. Much of the reading effort goes into mapping these allegories back to their political sources, but the reward is a layered, witty satire that looks at society through a magician’s lens.

The author clearly has a bias against one side of the political spectrum. The book might have been even stronger had it turned its satirical lens equally on the other side – which, sadly, fares no better.

[Seth Hobbs · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of several short books on the Wizard Bamzooki's presidential aspirations and administrations. I read some of the others as well. Anyone reading these will immediately recognize the obvious satire of Trump and the MAGA movement. While these books are somewhat entertaining, it is so absolutely close to actual events or slogans(Make Magic Great Again) that it becomes sort of distracting and silly. You might as well simply turn on any major UK or US mainstream news channel in the last decade to get an exact play-by-play of the same actual slogans and events, and the media's general disdain for them(outside of FOX or Newsmax). Those who detest Trump and American conservatives will certainly love the books and sing their praises. Others who are pro-Trump, libertarians, etc, will probably find it shallow and reminiscent of beating a dead horse. Still, I tried to be objective, which is more than I can say for many folks, and give it 2.5 to 3 stars for the wizardry, the satire, and the childish fun it provides in bite sized morsels. I think it might have been more impactful, if it had a little bit more of an original story, rather than the exact opinions and headlines Hollywood and media present ad nauseam, in such a hyper-polarized political time.