Synopsis: What do a grimoire with spells that work, larcenous elves in a bookstore stockroom, a bookseller's worst nightmare, and a two-centuries old virgin on the run from unspeakable evil have in common? Jim Franklin (the bookseller in question) wishes he knew - and he'd better find out fast. Because unless he can do something about it, in five days the world of physics and the world of magic will collide. "Mayhem" is too kind a word for what will happen then... (from the back cover of the first edition)