Talisman - 1

James stands alone, high on a Scottish hillside. He stares down at a massive, three-toed footprint - and the crushed animal within it.

Is the creature that formed it responsible for James's father's sudden and unexplained disappearance?

Isolated in his belief that something terrible has befallen his dad, James finally finds someone prepared to help him: Mendel - a wizard from another world - who is trapped in the body of a goldfish.

Mendel and James do a deal: James will help Mendel back to his own world - Denthan - before disaster befalls it; in return, Mendel will help James find his father.