Wanting to get her “grubby hands” on as much money as possible, a gin-guzzling mother tries forcing her teenage daughter Tarabai into working at The Scarlet Club, a high-end brothel in the north-easterly town of Farley Mount.

However, in trying to pacify her mother and protect her innocence, the girl takes a job at The Flaming Owl tavern. The job is straightforward, to collect empty tankards and plates and take them through to the kitchen for washing.

Her first shift at the tavern looms and the girl is ready to put in a solid shift. What awaits though, is a series of events that will change her life.

Is there any guild worse than the Guild of Skirt-Lifters?

Why do two teenage girls travel to the eerie island of Mystwick?

And can chickens and weasels ever work together for the greater good?