内容简介：
Quin leaves his home at the Singing Willow accompanied by his father, the wizard Vaughlen, and a motley crew of complete misfits, though important ones. Some of his companions want to use him to meet their own ambitions, while others struggle to save Quin from their meddlingaand from himself. High adventure and hard luck, see the boy become a man, and the man become a champion. Quinas quest takes him in search of a jewel of great power, and the meaning to a dream of even greater horror Death and desire seem to follow the young man everywhere. Trust becomes something he canat live without, and something he canat afford to give Hold on to your seats, they might just be jerked out from under you