Brilliantly funny adventure featuring magic, dragons, and knights. For fans of Shrek. Odo, the seventh child of the village miller, and Eleanor, who is always looking for adventure, stumble upon a sword in a dried-up river outside their village. Eleanor, strong and able, tries to extract the sword but is unable to, and it is Odo who is surprisingly successful. It is even more surprising that the sword, once pulled out, starts to talk. It becomes rather annoying when the talking sword turns out to be grumpy, stubborn, and, at times, catastrophically wrong. Odo and Eleanor have unearthed Biter, a famous knightly sword from earlier times. By finding Biter, Odo instantly becomes a knight—a role he is exquisitely unsuited for. Eleanor, however, is desperate to become a knight and would be the perfect choice, but she's not the one with the sword. Finding Biter is only the start—reluctant knight, reluctant adventure.