To earn his pardon and avoid becoming yet another necromancer statistic, Timmy has to work for the Council. From bandit uprisings to giant sea serpents and ogre invasions, Timmy and the others are there to save the day - sort of. And despite relying on overly intelligent ninja rats, an elf who believes that fire is the answer to everything, a bureaucrat who struggles to stay conscious through an entire fight, and a precocious apprentice who has designs on his castle, property damage per mission is down, they haven't blown up another mountain, and they've gone several missions without ripping a hole in reality. Naturally, it won't last. When the dragon egg their resident pyromaniac stole hatches to reveal the world's cuddliest harbinger of death, Timmy and the others are dragged into a pair of diabolically dangerous missions. Breaking out of one of the world's most secure prisons was hard enough. Now, they have to break back in to rescue a vampire. And then there's the Eye of the Abyss. Does your country ...