Your First Quest Starts Here
Start with A Wonderful Day for a Quest
Meet an unlucky bard, an overconfident knight, and a questing party that may be less qualified than the monsters they face. Book One is a complete, family-friendly comedic fantasy adventure—and the easiest place to enter Michael D. Young’s world.
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Clean enough to share with the family. Clever enough to keep for yourself.
Book One of A Wonderful Week for a Quest
The Recommended Starting Point
Why Start Here?
No Homework Required
You do not need to know the characters, kingdoms, history, or reading order. This is where the adventure begins.
Fantasy for the Whole Party
Clean, comedic fantasy for teens, adults, and families who enjoy quests, wordplay, heart, and wonderfully unnecessary complications.
Complete—but Not the End
Book One tells a satisfying first story while opening the door to six more quests whenever you are ready to continue.
For Returning Readers and Curious Questers
Continue the Quest When You’re Ready
After Book One, explore the complete original series, continue into later eras of the same comic fantasy world, or hear the first adventure performed as an audiobook.
The Complete Seven-Book Quest
See the full reading order, characters, individual books, and complete collection.
Death/Wish
Return to the Beandom two centuries later in Book One of The Refried Trilogy.
Launch Time
Launch into the 1980s science-fantasy continuation with a new generation of questers.
Listen to Book One
Meet the questing party through a lively narrated performance on Audible.
Written as David Michaels
Picture Books That Give Legends a Day Job
What happens when a leprechaun, Cupid, the Boogeyman, and other legendary characters need a career change? New Jobs for Mythical Characters is a playful collection of square picture books filled with rhyme, humor, heart, and delightfully impractical employment advice.
Music and Poetry
Explore musicals, sacred choral music, hymn writing, poetry, podcasts, and other creative projects.
Meet Michael
Author, composer, instructional designer, Tabernacle Choir member, and recovering community-theater ham.
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