The Pixilated Peeress (37 page)

First Mass Market E
dition: September 1992

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Back cover

A PROBLEM IN WIZARDS

Finding the naked countess Yvette hiding behind a bush was only the beginning of Sergeant Thorolf's problems. Yvette wanted Thorolf'
s cloak; then she wanted him to take her to Rhaetia, find her a wizard to change her appearance to throw off her pursuers, and
—
worse
—
pay for everything. She was fleeing Duke Gondomar, who had overrun her country, as he would like to do her person. Even so,
she had the nerve to call Thorolf a common wage earner, a basely practical, unromantic Rhaetian, and as out of place as a noblewoman's consort as a pig in a horse race!

Thorolf took Yvette to see Doctor Bardi, an ancient, slightly senile iatromage, to ma
gically disguise her as a dark, dumpy female. Unfortunately Bardi neglected to mention that Yvette should avoid alcohol. Yvette changed as promised
—
but into something like an octopus.

Keeping Yvette moist, Thorolf sought out another wizard
—
and that's when
things really started getting tricky.