From the author of The Neverending Story, a book that reminds us that
"magic--be it good or bad--is no simple matter."
It's New Year's Eve at the Villa Nightmare but Beelzebub Preposteror is
in no mood for celebration. As the Shadow Sorcery Minister, Preposteror
has a duty to perform a certain number of evil deeds in service to the
Minister of Pitch Darkness. But this year, to his horror, he's nowhere
near meeting that quota. Preposteror has all but given up when who
should make an unexpected visit but his aunt, the witch Tyrannia
Vampirella. She has come with a diabolical proposal that just might be
the solution to Preposterer's dilemma: together they will brew the
fabled Notion Potion, "one of the most ancient and powerful evil spells
in the universe," and their every evil wish will be granted.
The only thing that stands in their way is a most unlikely team--a cat
named Mauricio di Mauro and a raven known as Jacob Scribble, who have
just hours to thwart the plans of their sorcerer masters and save the
world from destruction.