Here, for a new generation of readers, is the exciting (and witty) tale of piswyck, a young nobleman not quite ready for the world of magic and derring-do: his particolored unicorn (it has bad habits: it farts, and worse...Here, for a new generation of readers, is the exciting (and witty) tale of piswyck, a young nobleman not quite ready for the world of magic and derring-do: his particolored unicorn (it has bad habits: it farts, and worse, it speaks in iambic pentameter), and their quest to rescue the beautiful miranda, who has been carried off to far bermuda by her wicked uncle smagdarone.