SOOOOOOO....anyway when flare goes on the trip he gets into alot of trouble and when they go through towns one of the groups get taken by prince Z but they manage to escape and the other group gets captured by slavers but they escape as well....and thats really great because i would hate for them to get sold into slavery. then flare makes it to this mountainn thing and they almost get killed by goblins but the goblins refuse to go up the mountain so that saved them. then they make it to the top and they go into the caves in the mountain and find giant man eating spiders dead bodies a wierd snake monster thing and finally they find the sword that they went on the trip for and the other two gaurdians (Philip & Attuck) try to pick it up but they cant then Flare picks it up and thats when they notice prince Z and his cronies coming at them. So after they notice that attuck gets knocked out and Flare uses sorcery to save them. Anyway then after Flare uses his magic Philip attacked flare because he realized that Flare fullfilled the prophecy and philip is under the influence of the church anyway Philip and Flare fight and Philip ends up dying. After Philip dies Flare drags attuck out of the caves and they ride on a dragon back to Telur. Once they get back Flare lies and says that Philip died a heroe trying to help and the sword that was meant to be Flares (ossender is the swords name) is taken from him and given to the crown prince so Flare decides to steal it back so he takes it and escapes from Telur and that is where the book ends. So I was really glad that everyone escaped slavery and stuff and when i read the part about the man eating spiders i FREAKED OUT and couldnt sleep later that night anyway but the two things that upset me most was when Philip betrayed Flaer and when Ossender was taken from him both those things made me really mad becayse Philip was Flares friend and Ossender was his by right it was actually Flares great great great grandfathers sword on his elven side. Also i didnt really like where the book ended there should have been more but now i have to wait for the third book top come out......and that sucks.......sigh........ anyway so how would you feel if your friend betrayed you and something of yours was taken away by someone and given to your brother and/or sister?