Stuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets the beautiful priestess Teela in need of help, she offers her assistance and provides a motley troupe. Together they go in search of Teela's sister, who was kidnapped by a wild ogre.
When young literary critic Janice Williams interviews celebrated author Alma Langdon, she becomes the victim of Alma's eerily vibrant western literary character and the dangerous occult resources at her creative disposal.
