When Erak, the Skandian Oberjarl, is taken hostage during a raid on the desert lands to the south of the Constant Sea, his second-in-command, Svengal, is sent to bring back a ransom for Erak's release.
Halt and Will must go with Svengal to deliver the ransom and secure Erak's freedom, but a royal presence is needed too. The Princess Cassandra – or Evanlyn, as Will knows her – persuades her father to let her go with them. Horace and the Ranger Gilan round out the group to make sure that Evanlyn is well protected. But will violent sandstorms, warring tribes and danger at every turn keep them from reaching Erak in time?
The seventh book takes us back to the final year of Will's apprenticeship, before the events related in books 5 and 6.
The series
#1 · 2004The Ruins of Gorlan 
#2 · 2005The Burning Bridge 
#3 · 2005The Icebound Land 
#4 · 2006Oakleaf Bearers 
#5 · 2006The Sorcerer in the North 
#6 · 2007The Siege of Macindaw 
#7 · 2007Erak's Ransom 
#8 · 2008The Kings of Clonmel 
#9 · 2009Halt's Peril 
#10 · 2011The Emperor of Nihon-Ja 
#11 · 2011The Lost Stories Be the first reviewer
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