Twilight of the Elves

Twilight of the Elves continues the exploits of best friends Zed, a sorcerer-in-training, and Brock, a merchant's son with a talent for theft. Their friendship has become strained, however, since they were drafted into the Adventurers Guild, the city of Freestone's last line of defense against outside Dangers. Brock is engaged in a smuggling scheme to keep Zed's infernal (and illegal) magic a secret; Zed is plagued by ominous nightmares, but is too frightened to tell Brock. Additionally, Freestone has taken in dozens of elf refugees--the elves are fleeing an army of their own undead friends and relatives, risen and led by a mysterious figure known as the Lich. The Freestoners, strapped for resources, are frustrated with the shantytown and are often hostile to the refugees. Everything collides when the elven Queen Me'Shala asks the Adventurers to free the city of Llethanyl from the Lich and his army of the dead.

Twilight of the Elves, like its predecessor, The Adventurers Guild, is great fun punctuated by increasingly scary dangers. The series continues to tackles deeper issues of inclusion and exclusion: Zed, the son of a human mother and elf father, struggles to belong with either community. And while the elves resent their treatment by the Freestoners, they, too, have a history of prejudice; night elves are viewed with suspicion by the other elven clans. Authors Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos don't preach, but instead set up tense situations and let young readers watch them play out. In the end, though, there is a firm message: "You have to work with others, people who see things differently than you do, in order to overcome life's greatest challenges." --Ali Davis, freelance writer and playwright

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