Description: A great evil looms in Amalrok and threatens to end the world. The king is dead, and the kingdom is crumbling. Uruk of the Elowendi and his timid apprentice search for the ancient Sword of Kings and the only heir who can wield it. But both princes have disappeared, and with them, quite possibly the last hope for the survival of all mankind.
Assembling a diverse party of young knights, brash mercenaries, and contentious pirates, Uruk sets out for the dreaded Tanglewood, accompanied by a drunken wizard, an irascible druid, and a petty footpad who strives to be so much more. Guided by a family of rangers, they follow rumors of the lost prince Alaren, a captive of fugitive bandits who have fled into the dense forest. In the east, the missing Prince Zareth now leads the very evil that plagues the land. He, too, is searching for the Sword and for his brother, and wants revenge for a quarrel that has cost him everything. With his growing army of savage beasts and ruthless outcasts, he seeks to destroy all that his brother stands to inherit.