The Starstone

Leaving his sheltered home on Windy Mountain, (Book 1) Gom is given a riddle. Solve it, and he will find his mother. He does that, (Book 2) and immediately finds that his quest has only just begun. In Book 3 of the series, Gom and his mother are abruptly parted, and Gom is left to make his own way to find a wizard master, to fit himself for his ultimate task which is to destroy the evil Spohr and thus save Ulm from destruction.

In this, Book 4, he finds that getting a master is one thing, surviving his apprenticeship is quite another. But he has to become a wizard, he has no choice. As he struggles with the magic arts, danger trips him up from all sides. Finally, he has to confront his deepest fears and fulfill his destiny.