Onetime jester Malfred Murd has risen about as high as a Fool can go. But it will all be for nothing- unless he can pull off the world's toughest trick!Heavy is the head that wears the jingle-bell hat: our favorite funnyman is now the face of a whole country... and striving to bring about world peace, even as a Phantactive doomsday device looms on the horizon.And a big bam boom isn't the only threat facing Fred. He's also dealing with a daffy Dictator, clashing crimelords and the heart-wrenching questions of what lies in his future- and his past.