Mage The Hero Discovered Book 8 Author:Matt Wagner THE STORY SO FAR (synopsis of the events leading to this volume.) Afloat within the mystical Faerie Realms, Kevin Matchstick awakens to find his would miraculously healed. Mirth appears at his side and explains that over a year of time has elapsed in the "real" world ? a period during wich their enemies have never rested in their insidious searc... more »h for the Fisher King. Rejoined by Edsel, the trio return to their own plane and attempt to gain entrance to a radio station that the villains now control. Unfortunately, they are ambushed by the maniacal Rashem who cripples Mirth and then mortally wounds Edsel via the use of his magic staple gun. Enraged, Kevin snatches up Edsel's bat and beheads their attacker. Aghast at his actions and the fiercely sparkling weapon in his hand, Kevein casts the bat away, imbedd it in an upturned trash dumpster. With her dying breath, Edsel at last reveals the truth to Kevin ? that he is, in fact, the reborn spirit of the legendary King Arthur Pendragon and the bat is his invincible weapon, Excalibur. At the urging of his eternal counsel and mage, Kevin finally accepts his destiny and draws forth the mighty bat. Story continued in THIS volume.« less