No Rest for the Wicked

No Rest for the Wicked is the second volume of Widdershins. It introduces reoccuring protagonist Jack O'Malley and his friends Heinrich Wolfe and Ben Thackerey. The three are malform removers who uncover a conspiracy by Councilwoman Fairbairn to use the Deadly Sin Sloth to cause wizards to fall asleep while casting, resulting in dangerous malforms with the hope of banning magic from Widdershins. It ends with Fairbairn being defeated and Wolfe and Mal deciding to stay in Widdershins to live and work with Ben.

Blurb
The most-magically charged city in England is in trouble, with invisible monsters caused by ill-formed spells roaming the streets, and wizards passing out by the dozen, stricken by some unknown ailment. Through coincidence (and perhaps a little intention) the fate of Widdershins rests in the hands of Jack O'Malley- A workshy vagrant who just happens to have the exact right gift needed to help, but no intention of doing so.

Aided by a kindly German violinist and a fussy wizard who only barely scraped through his degree, he'll have to save the city- whether he wants to or not.

Plot Summary
On arriving in Widdershins, Mal and Wolfe are arrested for fighting in a pub. Rather than be sent to prison, they agree to work for the council, helping Ben catch and desummon malforms--destructive spirits caused by incomplete spells.

Characters

 * Nicola Barber
 * Jack O'Malley (Main character)
 * Heinrich Wolfe (Main character)
 * Margery Fairbairn
 * Benjamin Thackerey (Main character)
 * Robert Hackett
 * Sloth (Deadly Sin antagonist)

Cameos

 * Harriet Barber
 * Sidney Malik

Locations

 * Gibbet Street
 * Offices for the Removal of Dangerous Malforms
 * Pins & Needles Family Tailors
 * Henry Lewis & Sons Bakery
 * Town Hall
 * The Royal Theatre
 * Lamplight Factory

Website
The post-book bonus content on the website for this book was 2 pages of Character Q&A.

Book
The print and PDF copies of the book include a 4 page comic about Mal teaching the buggerups to hand out business cards for the malform removal service.

Release
No Rest was released on a mostly Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule between March 12th 2012 and October 5th 2012.

No Rest was the first Widdershins book to be Kickstarted. The campaign ran October 31st 2012 - November 20th 2012 and 268 backers pledged £6,390.

The unique Kickstarter rewards for this campaign included a buggerup keyring, a double-sided Mal bookmark, and a pdf + physical copy of the Widdershins Concept Art & Sketch Book.