Written by John Ney Rieber and with art by Peter Gross, the "Arcana Annual" reintroduced Timothy Hunter from Neil Gaiman's "The Books of Magic" mini-series. The story concentrated mostly on a young dancer called Marya, who leaves behind Free Country and an overly attentive admirer named Daniel to recruit Timothy Hunter to their cause. Tim is destined to be the greatest magician of his age, and his support would greatly strengthen Free Country - but before she can find him, the young magician is kidnapped "respectfully" by a falconer named Tamlin.