About the book: 2004 / Eight hundred years have passed since King Connavar and his illegitimate son, the gladiator Bane, defended the freedom of their people from the powerful Empire. The rigants have long lost their independence, their faith in the ancient gods, and the memory of past deeds... But now the time has come to remember the past - and throw off the shackles of slavery! Now the last priestess, who has the gift of speaking with the spirits of the Forest, chooses two heroes who will return freedom to the Rigant tribe! Odin is a mighty highlander who has no equal in battle. The other is just a boy, and in whom the Power of a great magician slumbers…