num_pages: 298
description: Lady Shona the newly crowned queen of the realm is a leader without a throne. Pursued relentlessly by a dark force her small contingent of loyal followers must make a difficult choiceflee or fight. Determined to save her land from nefarious threats Lady Shona decides that she must seek out the enemy and attack them head ona strategy that leads back to the region of the Three Valleys where Hyam was born.Alas Hyam has been struck by a mysterious illness that is silently sweeping through the realm. Known as the wasting disease the sickness has no cure. But there is one shred of hope for Lady Shona and the realmand it comes in the most unlikely of forms. A young orphan untested and untrained could well mean the difference between victory and total defeat.Thomas Locke concludes his epic trilogy with a gripping tale of courage that will inspire readers to persevere even when all seems lost.
language: English
title: The Golden Vial
publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company