In Regency London, Zacharias is England's first African Sorcerer Royal. He leads the eminent Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers, but a malicious faction seeks to remove him by fair means or foul. Ambitious orphan Prunella is desperate to escape the school where she's drudged all her life, and a visit by the Sorcerer Royal seems the perfect opportunity. The last thing Zachariah needs is a magical prodigy! But together, they might just change the nature of sorcery... Wickedly funny!