When dark wizard Gavrax wakes up in his workshop at the beginning of this book, all he knows is that something went wrong with a magical working, as nothing else — not his name, where he is, what's going on, anything — can be found in his memory. After a bit of fumbling about the castle (hey, he has a castle!), he learns that he recently kidnapped a princess for a dark magic working with three other wizards, though he naturally has no clue as to the purpose of the upcoming event. Also, he's not so sure he really wants to be as evil as he apparently was before the memory-wiping disaster, and this might be a good time to turn over a new leaf, morality-wise.
This is an enjoyable book that pokes fun at dark wizard stereotypes, toxic masculinity, and even the hero tropes of fantasy. For a debut novel, it's lovely, and I look forward to seeing what else Rozakis has to offer in the future.
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