Book Three of A Wonderful Week for a Quest
A Quest That Doesn’t Go…Well
A cruel villain. A cursed wish. A heroic plan with several obvious defects.
Sir Roderick finally gets the quest he has been craving—and discovers that a wishing well can grant exactly what he asks for while still ruining nearly everything.
This Quest Contains
Nathan the Needler
A villain who can reduce almost anyone to helplessness using nothing more than precisely chosen words.
A Cursed Wishing Well
It grants Sir Roderick the power he requests—and quietly prepares an invoice he cannot afford.
An Unusual Strike Team
Sir Roderick must gather allies whose talents include investigation, survival, insults, and several methods no knightly handbook recommends.
Footnotes with Opinions
Jackdaw continues to explain, interrupt, qualify, and occasionally undermine the adventure from below the main text.
The Story
Be Careful What You Wish For—Especially Near a Well
Sir Roderick is living the high life, but comfort cannot satisfy a knight who longs for dragons, villains, and another opportunity to make an entrance. The Elven Bureau of Investigation soon provides one: it still needs the Beandom’s most-wanted list recovered.
The investigation brings him face-to-face with Nathan the Needler, a man who can bring his victims to their knees with devastating verbal attacks. Desperate for protection, Sir Roderick makes a wish at a cursed well and gains the resistance he needs—without realizing how steeply the well intends to collect.
Power alone is not enough. Sir Roderick must assemble a team, confront the Needler’s crimes, and finish the mission while the well’s curse tightens around him. For perhaps the first time, the kingdom’s most confident knight may have to become something more difficult than impressive: wise.
Enter the Series
This video introduces the tone and world of A Wonderful Week for a Quest. It is a series trailer rather than a Book Three-specific trailer.
Chat with Sir Roderick
Ask the extremely great knight about dangerous wishes, verbal combat, quest recruitment, and why caution remains less impressive than charging ahead.
Try the First Chapter
Read the opening before deciding whether this particular wish is worth making.
The interactive chat is generated by a third-party service from book-inspired prompts; responses may vary and are not official canon.
The Cast
Meet the Characters
Open a profile for a spoiler-light introduction to the heroes, villains, guides, and magical complications in Book Three.
Sirsi — The Mysterious Ally
An enigmatic figure whose knowledge and motives become important as the quest descends into increasingly strange territory.
Elegantia — The Poised Enigma
Graceful, composed, and difficult to read, Elegantia brings polish to a situation that otherwise contains very little of it.
Nathaniel Nadle / the Needler — The Cruel Adversary
A dangerous enemy who knows how to turn personal weaknesses into weapons and make every confrontation sting.
Ferdinand — The Navigation Sprite
A bearded mirror sprite who offers directions, commentary, and the confidence of someone who is not personally walking the dangerous route.
General Otto — The Strategy Sprite
A blunt, formal military adviser whose enchanted-mirror strategies arrive with equal measures of authority and impatience.
Officer Glocke — The Determined Officer
A sharp, persistent officer who takes duty seriously even when the magical world around her refuses to behave sensibly.
Felgarath / Gareth — The Man with Two Names
A figure divided between identities, with a past and purpose that are not nearly as simple as either name suggests.
Listen to Book Three
Hear Every Insult, Wish, and Footnote
Kevin Perkins narrates the third adventure, bringing the Needler’s attacks, Sir Roderick’s development, and the series’ comic timing to life.
Readers Went to the Well
“As usual, the footnotes were a hoot… This story has everything—zombies, a golem, expert oxymorons, a hummingbear, Elves, a questionable wishing well, and much, much more.”
Amazon reviewer
“I enjoyed the third book in the series as much as the first two… I liked the character arc for Sir Roderick. The trials he has undergone have made him a more fascinating character.”
Audible reviewer
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More Quests Await
Return to Bellissimo’s Oxymoron hunt in Book Two or explore all seven books in A Wonderful Week for a Quest.
Michael D. Young 