In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine, while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
In 2137, fourteen-year-old Matt is stunned to learn that, as the clone of El Patr?n, he is expected to take over as leader of the corrupt drug empire of Opium, where there is also a hidden cure for the ecological devastation faced by the rest of the world.
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
In 2137, fourteen-year-old Matt is stunned to learn that, as the clone of El Patron, he is expected to take over as leader of the corrupt drug empire of Opium, where there is also a hidden cure for the ecological devastation faced by the rest of the world.
Jack, a bard-in-training, and his little sister, Lucy, brave their worst nightmares as Lucy is stolen--again--by the Lady of the Lake, and the children face the return of the berserker Thorgil, kelpies, yarthkins, elves, and other obstacles.
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
Seven-year-old Ali's father, keeper of the pigeons for the wicked Sultan, faces the threat of being thrown into the deep, dark oubliette after the bird Ali trained steals the Sultan's cherries, but the clever child finds a way to save them all.
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patr?n, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
