# A Nameless Witch

By A. Lee Martinez

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/a-nameless-witch-c710b32e/

An undead witch has to hide her beauty beneath a crone’s disguise to look right for her profession. When goblings threaten Fort Stalwart, she joins a White Knight on a quest to stop the sorcerer behind them. Her companions include a troll and a dangerous duck.

## What makes it funny?

The wizard who cursed her family has lost his name to history, so the witch calls him Nasty Larry. Her mentor treats beauty as a serious obstacle to witchcraft and devotes months to teaching her how to look worse.

### The comedy at work

The narrator considers curses and witchly dress with the calm practicality of someone learning a trade. That dry voice gives familiar fantasy rules an awkward question to answer, starting with why a witch should need an ugly disguise.

### Try this if…

A taste for dry narration and macabre romance will help with this fantasy quest, whose companions include a wisecracking killer duck.

### Good to know

The heroine’s appetite for human flesh complicates the romance. Cannibalism is part of the setup.

## What to expect

- Genre: Adventure · Fantasy
- On the shelf: Quest
- Kind of humor: Dark comedy · Dry wit · Parody
- The atmosphere: Irreverent
- Format: Novel
- Published: 2007

## A few distinguishing details

- Beauty as a witch’s professional handicap
- A wisecracking killer duck

## Sources & further reading

- Review: [Publishers Weekly review](https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780765315489)
- Book information: [Bibliography](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/a-lee-martinez/nameless-witch.htm)
- Book information: [Bookstore edition and excerpt](https://cincinnatistate.ecampus.com/nameless-witch-martinez-lee/bk/9780765315489)