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Okay ...Who We Got Here?

1.  John Dee, Royal Astrologer.   

2. Queen Elizabeth (You've heard of her, maybe?)    

3. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.  

4.  Sha-Sha, a monkey, dainty, but for a huge nose, that she hates.    

5. Sly, as a kitten.  

6.  Damsella, Scourge of the Ocean-Sea, the pirate damselfly.  

7. Ferd, a frog.    8. Herk (Herk the Jerk), a hedgehog.  

John Dee tops the list for a reason. I give a him lot of scrutiny.

Dr. Dee was one hell of an interesting critter, every bit as much fun as Sly. The two join forces to disrupt a plot against the queen, masterminded by the queen's long-time best friend. No one is going to believe what they have uncovered, not without airtight evidence. But these two are nothing if not resourceful, they manage.

Their triumph goes to their heads. Expelled from the English Court for various bad behaviors, they undertake an assignment on the continent. A town beset by rodents is advertising for an exterminator, and offering a huge reward for a successful outcome. Will these two be able to deliver it?

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That's up in the air. Stick with me and we'll both find out.

From a crown prince obsessed with improvements to his small kingdom's main export, ewe's milk cheese, to a bishop who longs to be a playwright in Paris - he  jots notes on racy behaviors in, yes, I'm afraid so, in the confessional - to a former high-class whore, recruited to participate in a religious scam, who finds that the emissary who arrives to vet the miracle is a client from her glory days in Paris, to The Duke of Danger and the Marquis of Mischief, a cunning act in a troupe of entertainers/street sharps, I have all the nincompoops anyone could want.  

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Let's get this silly show on the road. 

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Sly (the critter) is an adorable antihero, full of piss and vinegar.

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Sly! (the tale) is a smirk-filled romp

through an alternative reality sixteenth century.

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Next: inanutshell.

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