We're in Hungary this week to meet a lad with a curious appendage hanging from his side and a secret he won't tell. Despite kings threatening him, women seducing him, and witches tricking him, he guards it fiercely—even to the gallows. Can his clanking appendage help him survive? Can he prevent a frivolous war between capricious kings? Most importantly, can his girlfriend get a spinoff series? Join us for the story of The Secret-Keeping Boy.

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