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Lailu, a brilliant young chef specializing in the hunting and cooking of fantastical beasts, opens a restaurant with mentor Master Slipshod. But when Slipshod makes a bad deal with a loan shark, Lailu must save herself and the restaurant from mobster-like Mr. Boss. A clever, fast-paced story in a unique fantasy world populated with eccentric characters, both good and evil (including the ruthless "elf mafia").