An Epic Fantasy in the tradition of C.S. Lewis, Riordan is a triumph! A celebration of the potential found in every human heart. Locked in a deadly battle for survival, out numbered ten to one, King Perez asked, "Can it get any worse?" Then the Anakim Sorcerer appeared, riding a terror everyone thought only a legend. To make matters worse, the Anak wielded dark powers from the world's darkest age. Perez got his answer...yes it can-much worse. Retreating to a series of narrow passes called the Keys, the nation held on, hoping, praying that once again El would send a deliverer- a mighty hero. Instead they got an illegitimate outcast, a fifteen year old boy on a half-dead forty year old horse. Who says the El of Jeshurun doesn't have a sense of humor . . .