The Oathbound Wizard

AN UNBREAKABLE VOW - LITERALLY! Matt Mandrell, unsuspecting graduate student, never imagined his research would lead him to a strange scrap of parchment that whisked him away to an enchanted world where speaking in rhymes works the most dazzling magic. There he wins not only fame and power as Lord High Wizard, but the heart of beautiful Queen Alisande. But his dreams are shattered when he learns he can't marry his true love; wizard or not, Matt's just a commoner. So Matt makes a foolish vow: to conquer a kingdom if that's what it takes to claim his bride. But as Matt discovers, in this enchanted world, such an oath cannot be broken. In search of lands to conquer, Matt settles on neighboring Ibile, where the evil Gordorgrosso rules with an iron fist and sinister magic. Matt sets off, gathering a small band of unlikely allies, including a surly dracogriff, a well-spoken cyclop, and a damsel in distress. But against Gordogrosso's foul genius, Matt is going to need much more than a few stout-hearted companions and some clever rhymes...