The long-fought War of Andioch is all but lost. The corpses of the noble Far Riders lie fallen in the fields, leaving the Five Lands defenseless against a fearsome nightwraith army rising to the east. But in the quiet western village of Meadowkeep, young farmer Filby Redmont uncovers an ancient parchment that could still hold the key to victory: a map revealing the location of a mythical force — the Light of Endura.
Now it falls to Filby, along with the sole surviving Far Rider and a handful of volunteers, to embark on a quest that will take him over the Far Mountains and beyond the edge of the known world — into a realm where primeval creatures have hidden the Light of Endura from mortal humans since the beginning of time.
“. . . starts out like a fairy tale, but do not be deceived. Within twenty pages I was consumed by a dark adventure that would not let me escape.”
“I felt like the proverbial frog in a pot. The water started cool and pleasant . . . and then warmer . . . warmer . . . until I was sitting in a boiling cauldron without realizing what swept me there.”
