When Brian Hammerhand arrives in the troubled town of Hagedorn, he discovers it gripped by magical terror—a wizard named Morloc the Mad has claimed a tower within the settlement and begun unleashing devastating spellcraft on its citizens and their livelihoods. The town's elders recognize in Hammerhand a potential solution to their crisis and offer him a substantial reward if he can eliminate the threat Morloc poses. Thus begins a quest into the wizard's domain, where danger lurks in equal measure to the promise of wealth and the salvation of an imperiled community.