A REFUGE IN ARD CÚL DÍN?Exhausted by their battle with the arch druid Faolukan, the Company seeks respite in Ard Cúl Dín, an isolated, high mountain refuge of Capulum priests. A SECOND GREAT GIFT - DISCOVEREDTristan, still masquerading as Prince Neil, shows what he recovered from Schwarzburg's subterranean maze-the Scepter and a mysterious scroll. The monks translate the scroll, revealing what was lost for millennia-the nature and location of Elyon's second great gift to the world.Coveting its incredible power, the priests seize the Scepter. Days later, Faolukan's armies swarm the slopes below the city and trebuchets pound the high walls. With the city's fall imminent, one priest steals the Scepter and flees toward the mountains with the Company in pursuit.A JOURNEY TO THE DRUID'S LAIROnly when both of Elyon's great gifts to the world are secure in the Tower of Dochás in Ériu can Faolukan and the Deamhan Lord be defeated. If they once again take back the Scepter, they must undertake a journey to find Elyon's second great gift, a quest even more difficult than the first.

But they don't know exactly where they're going. Blocking their way is an army of shapeshifters and soldiers mesmerized by the Deamhan Lord's spells. Their goal lies somewhere beyond the Sfarsit Mountains in far-distant Cathair Duvh, the foul city on the slopes of volcanic Drochcarn, in dread Drochtar, the land where the arch druid reigns with magic and terror. What's worse, Faolukan serves the Deamhan Lord, in whose evil presence even the bravest warrior is stripped of courage, shattered, and made helpless.Thus begins Neil's second great quest and a journey even more difficult than the first.IN THE GREAT HIGH FANTASY TRADITIONThis second novel of the Scepter and Tower Trilogy strives to continue the epic high fantasy tradition of J.R.R.

Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings, David Farland's The Rune Lords, and Robert Jordan's The Wheel Of Time series.