"Malaisea is the unhealthiest town in the whole of Zamonia, home to Echo the Crat, a multi-talented creature that resembles a cat but is capable of speaking any language under the sun. When his mistress dies and Echo finds himself starving on the street, he is compelled to sign a contract with Ghoolion the Alchemaster, Malaisea's evil alchemist-in-chief. This fateful document gives Ghoolion the right to kill Echo at the next full moon and render him...

Two hundred years after the destruction of Bookholm, Optimus Yarnspinner, now hailed as Zamonia's greatest writer, returns to the rebuilt literary city to investigate a mysterious letter, where he encounters old friends and new marvels.