Reiffen, true heir to the kingdoms of Banking and
Wayland, had lived his entire life quietly with his mother
and best friends, Ferris and Avender. His days were filled
with sailing, fishing with the talking seals, and trying to
swipe as many extra maple candies as he could.
All
that changed when the three Wizards snatched Reiffen away to
their fortress in the north. There they offered Reiffen the
twin gifts of power and immortality--if he helped them wrest
control of Banking and Wayland away from his uncle, the
usurper.
Although Reiffen's friends rescue him at
great peril, Reiffen now decides to return to the Wizards
knowing that he would never again be trusted in this old
life--even his best friends would fear that the Wizards had
“turned” him. He intends to fool the Wizards--gain their
knowledge, find their weaknesses, and defeat them with their
own weapons and regain the throne that is rightfully his.
But Reiffen is forced to do terrible things to gain the
Wizards' trust. Has he become as greedy, ambitious, and
avaricious as the three Wizard brothers?