Master Of The Cauldron Av Dr David (Centre For Narrative Coaching And Leadership) Drake

<p>Garric or-Reise was born the son of an innkeeper in Barca''s Hamlet on the Isle of Haft, but through valor and determination became first a prince and then the Regent and successor to the feeble Valence III, King of the Isles. But the Kingdom is weak, its rule barely extending past the island of Ornifal.<br>The Isles need a strong king to bring unity, because danger is coming. Magic is stronger now than at any time since the fall of the Old Kingdom in a cataclysm of uncontrolled magic. Evil is growing in the spaces beyond the world, waiting to complete the destruction begun a millennium before. Only if the Isles are united into a strong New Kingdom can humanity survive.<br>Garric has sworn to become a true Lord of the Isles. Standing with him are his sister, Sharina; his friend and Sharina''s lover, the shepherd Cashel; and Cashel''s sister, the weaver-witch Ilsa. They have been to Hell and back together in their quest.<br>The four friends and the armies of the Kingdom have undertaken a Royal Progress to renew the bonds of fealty among the Isles. Now they come to Sandrakkan, which fought a long and bloody war with Haft less than a generation ago. <br>On Sandrakkan, Wilduf''s Countess, Balila, schemes with her court wizard to destroy the boy king from the hated isle of Haft. Strange evils lurk on demon-haunted Volita, and she will wake them all if necessary to make her husband the new King of the Isles.<br>Rich with action, guile, and heroism in the face of dangers both physical and moral, Master of the Cauldron stands alone or as part of a ground-breaking fantasy epic.</p>