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Kit Bristol is a jack of all trades who grew up in the circus. For the past two years, he has been a manservant to his master. Kit is completely devoted to his master.
One evening, Kit finds his master at the kitchen table, bleeding from mortal wounds. He discovers that he has been the unknowing servant of the notorious highwayman, Whistling Jack.
In an attempt to save his master's life, and draw pursuers away from the manse, Kit puts on his master's costume, and leads the soldiers and townspeople on a merry chase through the countryside.
Little does Kit realize that by putting on the cloak, he has also taken on the magical contract that his master made with a witch. If he does not honor the unknown contract, Kit will be dead within a month. His last instructions from his master is to find the witch deep in the woods, and follow the directions she gives him.
The task from the mysterious witch? To stop a carriage and rescue the person who rides within.
And so, the hapless, hopeless young servant turned highwayman begins his quest to find the princess and finds himself tangled up in a magical web that involves the beautiful faerie princess Morgana, pixies, goblins, an angry redcoat army, and one very upset father.
Can Kit manage to get the princess to safety? Can he save himself? Will he ever meet all of the magical bargain that his master made with the witch?
Come and journey through the long-ago English countryside with Kit Bristol and find the answer to all of these questions... and more.
This book was great - I enjoyed every single page of this book! A fun, easy going light fantasy read with unexpected plot twists and turns. Worth your time!
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