The Last Ballad of Hope

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AND THEY WERE RIGHT...Evil has been made manifest, returned from shadow and madness. Try as they might, those who would be heroes could not prevent the return of The Dark One. In the shattering aftermath, the survivors have but one hunt down what cannot be killed. Cob, the ranger-the cursed-must find his quarry before the enemy makes his first move. By his side rides Androma, fearless and unyielding. They must succeed. To fail would doom the realm to a new war, a war without end. But in a world slipping into darkness, not all hope is lost. A time of dragons is yet to come. Joran Pendain must shoulder the weight of that destiny, but he need not shoulder it alone anymore. In the depths of Azad-guul, where only despair might breed, Joran's path crossed with that of a dragon egg-his egg. Theirs was not the only path to cross, however. True to his word, Baelon Vos-Dragonlord-would make Joran a Rider worthy of legend-if he could survive the training. Baelon's designs for the world have been years in the making, ...