Hyam is a likeable lad who will make an excellent farmer someday. But he carries a burden few can fathom. As his mom slips toward loss of life, she implores him to come back to Longer Hall, where he spent five years as an apprentice. It had been there that Hyam’s remarkable capacity for learning languages came to light-and soon solid him into the shadows of suspicion. How could any human find out the forbidden tongues with such simplicity? When Hyam dares to seek out the Mistress of the Sorceries, her revelation tears about Emissary his globe asunder. He does not have any choice but to create out on the foreboding path-which beckons him to either his future or his doom. An encounter with an enchanting stranger reminds him that he is component hero and part captive. As Hyam struggles to interpret the omens and icons, he is swept up by an excellent current of possibilities-and hazards. With lyrical prose that unveils a richly imaginative world, Thomas Locke will take readers on a journey in to the Realm. There he invites them to awaken their feeling of wonder. This cracking experience moves just like a modern thriller but harkens back to the enduring genre of traditional fantasy.