For generations, children have been told the story of Sir Daniel Fortesque, the hero who died courageously at the Battle of Gallowmere saving the land from the evil sorcerer, Zarok. In fact Dan was in fact a bit of a coward, forced into battle and falling in the first wave of arrows. One hundred years later Zarok has returned, turning night into day and raising an undead army to conquer the land. But Dan has also been resurrected and given a second chance... Is evil finally about to triumph over good? Will Dan be a convincing hero or a complete coward? Can he ever earn the respect of the true heroes of Gallowmere? And is Al-Zalam really a powerful genie or just a hustler squatting in Dans head? It is time the past was consigned to the history books once and for all. The answers lie only in the future...