Welcome to Rye's world: his stepdad hates him, his mother ignores him, and he's stuck in a dead-end relationship. To make matters worse, his world is turned upside down one day with the return of his father, the Marvellous Mr Mantrikz, self-styled "greatest sorcerer in the world", and Rye now has to spend his weekends with this rude, pushy, and frankly ridiculous old wizard. And that was never going to work - especially when magic is involved...