Ace, New York, 2003, 2nd pr.  ISBN 0-441-01083-0.  MMPB, 198+ pages.  Unread copy, not remaindered; two pages with tiny fore-edge tear, one page with straightened corner bends.  ‘All is not well in the kingdom of Possiltum.  The king’s court sorcerer is being eyed with suspicion.  Not for dabbling in the black arts…not consorting with a demon…not for having a dragon as a pet…not even for being mobbed up.  But for the greatest crime of all:  raising taxes!  More and more citizens want something done – and they’re willing to do it themselves.  In the end, it won’t be their skill or their intelligence that wins the day, but the sheer number of those who have rallied themselves against their oppressor – this black-hearted wizard, this terrible tyrant known as … Skeeve the Great.’ (from rear wrap)