Desperate to learn more exciting magic and feeling nagged by his father Tom is happy to befriend the older Jackson Hawke,who uses magic to strip a gang of youths out to mug Tom and who has successfully eluded the Nekross. He is a very powerful young wizard but he uses his magic to play cruel practical jokes,which alarms Benny. Then Benny himself is caught by the Nekross Varg.—don @ minifie-1