Resumo de The Dark Lord Of Derkholm

Derk, a wizard specialising in magical
creatures has been selected to be this years Dark Lord. This means he has to
organise invasions of dark elves, attacks by things in the night battles
between good and evil, summon a god, arrange for the dragons to hold clues
to his weaknesses and die one hundred and twenty six times. Not to mention
the fact that his wife and the High Chancellor of the Wizards university are
actively undermining his efforts. If this were not enough he also almost gets
boiled to death by an angry dragon, leaving his his children who are two
humans and four griffins to do all the work.

One of Derks best friends is also betraying him under the Chancellor?s orders
and she herself is unaware that his betrayal goes deeper, to stealing magic
from the world with the help of Mr Chesney in return for the insidious reward
of money.

All this is because Mr Chesney has an enslaved demon that forces them to
cater to the tourists or ?pilgrims? from his world. Mr Chesney also has deals
with governments to transport prisoners there to die as evil minions as well
as having private contracts to kill individual tourists who he has already
charged astronomical fees to be there. He is the true dark lord and if these
other profiteering exploits are not enough he is also stealing magic from the
world.

Blade, Kit, Don, Shona, Lydda and Elda; Derk?s Children each try to find their
place in the world as they take on their father?s adult responsibilities. In the
process each finds new confidence and their own special abilities as well as
being rewarded for their efforts. Exasperated with their fumbling magical
ability the Dragon King that fried their father becomes the teacher of Blade
and Kit. Lydda regains her place with the Bards and the other griffins discover
their own beauty and talents.

When Derk believes Kit and Blade are dead he has had enough. Contract or no
contract: no more pilgrims are coming through. When Mr Chesney comes with
the demon to sort out the fuss all seems to be lost despite the support of
another powerful demon Derk accidentally released. It is only when Derk
seeks the help of the gods that they are able to be free of their willing
slavery.

This powerful novel explores the exploitation of different cultures and self
determination in a format easily understood by everyone. It also investigates
how tourism can distort and twist the progress of societies, as well as gently
parodying the fantasy genre.

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