In the country of Menander, there is a sacred order that all of its citizens are bound to. Alchemy is the central force grounding people to this reality, the magical life blood of the country and its people. The lunar and the solar eclipse are the times where alchemy is the strongest. During this time, all magical anomalies occur. One of these occurrences is the blessing of Anraí the twin tailed fox, one of the most powerful creatures in Menander and now believed to be long dead, affecting only the members of the royal family of the great elf king of the Silver Forest, Theomir Tathren. The blessing is believed to be a myth, as it did not fall upon the last generation of the Tathren family. For the blessing to work, the king must have seven children, no more, no less. And he did, naming them Ricard, Kiera, Lara, Oran, Liam, Niliria, and Arwen. But he had an eighth, a bastard human hybrid named Fiachra, whose mother's identity remains a mystery. When Anraí's blessing turns out to come true as a result of the lunar eclipse, things start to spiral out of control. Arwen, with the help of a disguised human princess named Taegan, must keep his family from falling apart and find out the mystery of Anraí's vague blessing.
On the other side of the country, an escaped slave girl named Mysa traveling with two slaves named Odin and Sig, becomes the unexpected receiver of one of the eclipse's gifts in the form of a creature thought to be long dead centuries ago.
Another Stupid Spell is a first person high fantasy novel, the likes of which hasn't been seen in 60 years. The tone and vocabulary of the story shifts as our narrator, Sorch the orc, finds ways to enhance his intelligence. You get to grow as Sorch grows, learn as he learns, and share his most intimate thoughts.
Sorch is an orc mage in a world where orcs are cursed with stupidity every time they cast a spell. The only spell he can safely cast is Enhance Intelligence, which boosts his IQ for a fraction of a second before the curse drains it all away again.
Normally casting such a spell would be pointless, but Sorch's tribe has found a way to benefit. Magic that is cast near a mysterious artefact called the 'Voodoo Engine' causes invisible hands to appear, and these hands get work done for his tribe. Sorch is a slave to the Voodoo Engine, casting a single spell over and over again to avoid being beaten by the chief's warrior caste.
While foraging for food on one fateful night, our hero happens upon two human mages who are in big trouble. He saves their lives, and in return they give him an amulet that will make his life easier. Unbeknownst to the humans, their gift grants Sorch the power to break the cycle of intelligence drain and physical abuse. With the help of his friend and mentor, Shaman, Sorch becomes a real mage.
Sorch leaves his swamp and embarks on a series of incredibly exciting and dangerous adventures. During his travels he encounters horrible injury, magical treasures, love, snow, university admissions tests, a plot against the Kingdom, and then of course he saves the world. Or does he?
Be prepared to rethink everything you know about thinking. If your own intelligence was the fuel that your magic ran on, how brightly would you dare to burn?