Bücher der Reihe The Scepter and Tower Trilogy

THIRD IN THE SCEPTER AND TOWER TRILOGYWhat's left of the Company must now follow Tristan from their hidden camp in the druids' dark realm, cross a thousand leagues of enemy-occupied lands filled with ancient horrors, and return Elyon's great gifts to the Tower of Dochás in Ériu.Ancient Horrors and The Butcher Of Burgundia.Only by returning the Scepter and Augury to the Tower can Tristan defeat the Deamhan Lord and end the darkness threatening to engulf the world. Before him lie an ancient horror released by the arch druid, the fatal enchantments of the red tent, a Cthyllin ice giant, and the arch druid's ruthless ally-Gundovald, the Butcher of Burgundia.A Race To The TowerBut the arch druid Faolukan has built a great fleet in Fjernshavn, and it's a race to return home before enemy ships disembark their foul hordes on Ériu's distant shores and destroy the Tower. Faolukan and Gundovald serve a Deamhan Lord who wants not to conquer, but to burn, destroy, and crush that fair country under the boots of his bespelled soldiers and shapeshifters.If Faolukan destroys the Tower before Tristan arrives with the Scepter-all is lost.And the darkness wins.

A New Great Quest, Even More Dangerous Than The FirstWith the Scepter in his possession, Tristan, still posing as Prince Neil, leads the Company across a continent rife with magical entrapments, enemy armies, and ancient barriers. His goal-to seek Elyon's second great gift that will lift the darkness from the Celtic world of Erde.After their battle with the arch druid Faolukan, the Company seeks respite in the high mountain refuge of Ard Cúl Dín. But when priests translate the scroll that Tristan also brought back from Schwarzburg's subterranean maze, they discover a secret lost for millennia-the nature and location of Elyon's second legacy to the world, another artifact Tristan's people failed to keep safe.Coveting the incredible power of Elyon's first gift, the priests seize the Scepter. Days later, as trebuchets pound the high walls, Faolukan's armies swarm the slopes below the city. With the city's fall imminent, one priest steals the Scepter and flees into the mountains.An Impossible Journey Into The Druid's LairAs enemy armies close in, Caitir, Tristan's newly betrothed, Ewan, his squire, and Machar, the Cloaked Rider, join him to again retrieve the Scepter before they can undertake the second journey. For only when both of Elyon's bequests to the world are secure in Ewhain Macha's Tower will light and hope return to Ériu.Blocking their way is an army of shapeshifters and soldiers mesmerized by the Deamhan Lord's spells. Somewhere beyond the distant Sfarsit Mountains lies their goal-in Cathair Duvh, a foul city on the slopes of volcanic Drochcarn; in dread Drochtar, a bleak land where Faolukan, the arch druid, reigns with magic and terror. In that realm, all serve the Deamhan Lord, a spirit of darkness whose presence strips even the bravest warrior of all courage and hope.Thus begins the second great quest, a journey even more difficult than the first.