“The King rose slowly to his feet and beckoned to the wizard, who had been sitting outside the circle of the firelight, apparently, trying to find a spell that would make a beer-can magically refill itself.”

— Tom Holt, book Who's Afraid of Beowulf?

Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (1988)

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