JANE WELCH

RESUMEN

The concluding book in a new epic fantasy trilogy by British author Jane Welch A lucky subterfuge has fooled the Golden Dragon into leaving Opal Island and she has trailed the Pisceran Porpoise out to sea believing that the newly repaired Chalice of Ond the only hope of resurrection for her precious golden son is hidden beneath her decks On board amidst the dragon attacks Lord Casper worries for his own son Rollo abandoned on the hob infested rock But Rollo has the real chalice in his possession and although the responsibility weighs heavily he must find a way to elude Silas s minions and travel across the ocean to find his father if Isolde is ever to regain her humanity to reunite Aranthane with his wife or save Leaf s dying people Rollo must learn to harness the strange power which lies unpredictably within his body to ensure that Silas s invasion of Belbidia is stopped and that Torra Alta the only home he has left is rescued

Prince Rollo's world is shattered by the death of his mother, Queen Ursula. But even before he can grieve he faces the bitter disappointment of being overlooked as his mother's heir in favour of his younger sister as only the female line in Artor's Royal family inherit the magical power to control the Great Bears of Artor (a talent every sovereign must possess). Seething with self loathing, grief and disappointment Rollo focuses his anger and resentment upon his father. Deeply concerned for his son Spar decides to leave his daughter, now Artor's Queen, and take 13 year old Rollo half way across the world to Torra Alta, his barony in Belbidia, to claim the only birthright left to him. But fifteen years have passed since Spar left Hal and Brid as guardians of his remote fortress and in the intervening years, many things have changed. Beasts of legend have grown in strength and will. A huge golden dragon plagues the mountains and swarms of Hobs ransack the fertile plains of Belbidia. Fourteen years ago the Chalice of ?nd, was lost. A sacred artefact with the power to transfer the magic of one object to another the chalice is the only explanation for the rising threat. If this powerfu

Caspar travels south into Belbidia with his companions Hal and Brid − into the heart of the New Faith‚ the enemy of Brid′s Goddess. Trailing Vaalakan spies‚ they seek the Druid′s Egg which alone can keep the fortress of Torra Alta safe from enemy attack. But in the land of the Inquisition‚ all trace of ancient lore has been stamped out‚ including a sect of mute priestesses known as the Keepers. And without the lost runes they guarded‚ the Egg may never be found.

The third book in the "Runespell Trilogy". Caspar, Brid and Hal have traced the lost runes in the Yew Forest in the heartland of Farona. Etched on the bottom of a cauldron, the runes tell the location of the Druid's Egg, an object of such fearful power it has long been hidden in distant lands.