Sir Maximilian isn’t your typical knight. True, he’s dashing, brave, and courageous. Then again, he talks to his horse, he’s been known to burn castles down, and he’s on the gallop from debts he owes the Bohemian mob. So Maximilian jumps at the chance to earn sacks of gold from Count Jankowski. All for performing a little rescue mission. But it’s not the typical knightly errand – to rescue the damsel from the dragon. No, this time he’s going to have to rescue the kingdom’s dragon from the Count’s extremely magical, extremely powerful, and extremely pissed-off daughter. Who said being a knight was easy? Included with this story are preview chapters of Michael Angel’s latest epic fantasy, 'Shards - The Darkfell Saga', also available on Smashwords.