The Last

Synopsis

LIBRO VIII The Last The crown of Lyonesse isn't conquered in a battle. He's prepared in a pantry. A week before King Duncan's visit, Marcia mixes opium poppy with the wine destined for the actual entourage and convinced Ascalon that his sterility can only be compensated with something more durable than a child: a kingdom. Tar Walnis provides the drug without first knowing its purpose and gets trapped in a conspiracy where both loyalty and innocence can be punished with gallows. When Ascalon kills Duncan, Tar helps Malcolm Donovan escape through his drains and then agrees to conduct his persecution against the same man she's just saved. He should lose his prints, evacuate his family and reach Irkus before the new king finds his betrayal and exterminates all those with his blood. At Thyria, Uther rules with his mask hidden under his face. Ishara gave birth to the son of Oberon: a child whose existence destroys the legitimacy of the regent. Uther orders Gloin to get him out of town and kill him far from his walls. The midget will accept. He later disobeys. chased by soldiers and killers and a presence that talks with his dead voices, Gloin takes his child to Irkus, where his path crosses with Tar Walnis, the man whom his witches called the father of kings. That's where they're provisionally christening the little man as Darun: what remains inside. Uther wants him dead. Mefisto claims it. Oberon's still alive somewhere under the ground. And a midget who once betrayed his father will have to decide how far he's ready to get to save his child. He's with no army. No crown. Just get his last.