Yorrick Kaine is a fictional character who had somehow entered the real world. He has ambitions to become the dictator of England. Thursday spends some of her energy chasing down the book from which he had come because if she can obtain it, she can read him back to Book World. Meanwhile, Kaine has banned all Danish literature because his author is a famous Danish romance novelist. He hopes that the general ban will capture the remaining copies of the self-published novel.