num_pages: 346
description: From #1 Bestselling author Morgan Rice comes the debut of a dazzling new fantasy series. A Quest for Heroes revolves around the epic coming of age story of one special boy a 14 year old from a small village on the outskirts of the Kingdom of the Ring. The youngest of four the least favorite of his father hated by his brothers Thorgrin senses he is different from the others. He dreams of becoming a great warrior of joining the Kings men and protecting the Ring from the hordes of creatures on the other side of the Canyon. When he comes of age and is forbidden by his father to try out for the Kings Legion he refuses to take no for an answer: he journeys out on his own determined to force his way into Kings Court and be taken seriously. But Kings Court is rife with its own family dramas power struggles ambitions jealousy violence and betrayal. King MacGil must choose an heir from amongst his children and the ancient Dynasty Sword the source of all their power still sits untouched waiting for the chosen one to arrive. Thorgrin arrives as an outsider and battles to be accepted and to join the Kings Legion. Thorgrin comes to learn he has mysterious powers he does not understand that he has a special gift and a special destiny. Against all odds he falls in love with the kings daughter and as their forbidden relationship blossoms he discovers he has powerful rivals. As he struggles to make sense of his powers the kings sorcerer takes him under his wing and tells him of a mother he never knew in a land far away beyond the Canyon beyond even the land of the Dragons. Before Thorgrin can venture out and become the warrior he yearns to be he must complete his training. But this may be cut short as he finds himself propelled into the center of royal plots and counterplots ones that may threaten his love and bring him downand the entire kingdom with him. With its sophisticated world-building and characterization A Quest for Heroes is an epic tale of friends and lovers of rivals and suitors of knights and dragons of intrigues and political machinations of coming of age of broken hearts of deception ambition and betrayal. It is a tale of honor and courage of fate and destiny of sorcery. It is a fantasy that brings us into a world we will never forget and which will appeal to all ages and genders. It is 82000 words.
language: English
title: A Quest of Heroes
publisher: Morgan Rice