My name is Conrad Clarke and I claim my reward...You'd think that staying alive and saving the girl would be enough for now.After proving himself in a desperate magickal battle, Conrad is admitted to the King's Watch.And what does the world of magick do? It laughs in his face.At least Conrad now has a partner with some serious magickal firepower.Vicky Robson joins him on a mission to investigate rumours of a Dragon's egg, and to get him through his entry test for the Invisible College.But the Invisible College won't play ball, and that Dragon's egg is all too real. Conrad grits his teeth and reminds the magickal world that he who laughs loudest laughs last...