SYNOPSIS:

21st century teenager, Vinny Balfour, a guitar-playing, fast-food eating, good-for-not-very-much loner, with poor exam results, in need of a haircut and a good wash, crashes a motorbike through a stained-glass, octagonal window and lands in the 13th century. His resemblance to Vincent of Baalfire convinces Astryd that he is her lost son. Her real son, however, has been murdered by his own father, Radulph, convinced that he was the inheritor of dragon’s blood. In this superstitious, medieval world, Vinny is persuaded to accept the identity of Vincent by his new ‘sister’, Ellyn. But he has a lot on his plate. There’s the local bully, Harald the Merciless, for example. But the real evil comes in the shape of Phar Lazar, a Malsaurian. He is the protector and controller of Prince Ynyr, who is slowly developing distinct reptilian tendencies.