What if the Sorcerer's Apprentice raised bloodthirsty mummies instead of brooms? Scholarship student Jyximus Faire wants to be a mage. But the pace at the Academy isn't fast enough for Jyx. He wants to learn everything - and he wants to learn it now. Dreaded necromancer general Eufame Delsenza needs a new apprentice, and Jyx fits the bill. She tasks him with helping to resurrect royal mummies for an all-important procession, and the impatient student...