After fourteen years, New York Times bestselling fantasy master
Terry Brooks has returned to the magic kingdom of Landover. The
remarkable realm of dragons, demons, wizards, and wonders that wove an
irresistible spell in five classic novels throws open its gates at long
last for a brand-new adventure featuring a dazzling cast of characters
and creatures.
Ben Holiday, Chicago lawyer and mere mortal
turned monarch of enchanted Landover, has grappled with scheming
barons, fire-breathing beasts, diabolical conjurers, and extremely
wicked witches. None of whom have prepared him for the most daunting of
challengers – a teenage daughter. Sent by Ben and his beloved sylph
bride, Willow, to an exclusive girls’ prep school, headstrong (and
half-magical) Mistaya Holiday has found life in the natural world a
less than perfect fit. And when her latest rebellious antics get her
indefinitely suspended, she’s determined to resume her real
education – learning sorcery from court wizard Questor Thews – whether her
parents like it or not.
But back home in Landover, Mistaya’s
frustrated father is just as determined that the precocious princess
learn some responsibility, and he declares her grounded until she
successfully refurbishes the long-forsaken royal library. Mortified by
the prospect of salvaging a king’s ransom in moldy books – and horrified
by word that repulsive local nobleman Lord Laphroig seeks to marry
her – Mistaya decides that the only way to run her own life is to run
away from home.
So begins an eventful odyssey peppered with a
formidable dragon, recalcitrant gnomes, an inscrutable magic cat, a
handsome librarian, a sinister sorcerer, and more than a few narrow
escapes as fate draws Landover’s intrepid princess to the last place
she expected to go, and into the thick of a mystery that will put her
mettle to the test – and might bring the kingdom to its knees.
