A Triumph of Souls

Herdsman Etjole Ehomba has found the one sea captain courageous enoughto brave the Kraken-haunted waters of the impassable Semordria. Butevenif the beautiful Stanager Rose can guide the Grö msketter throughoceanicrealms of captive winds, seaweed people, and the isles of the Faceless, the tribesman's voyage will not be over.

For Ehomba and his companions -- the brash swordsman Simna ibn Sind, thedeadly cat Ahlitah, and the huge, shaggy man-beast Hunkapa Aub -- mustcross yet another continent in their search for the beautiful, kidnappedVisioness Themaryl. The perils ahead will be greater than any they haveyet faced: armies of murderous skeletons, prairies burrowed byinvisiblebeasts, deserts where Hell's most hideous demons prospect for souls, andmountains infested with berserk giants.

And at the farthest end of the world waits Themaryl's captor, Hymneththe Possessed: the insane, sadistic necromancer who holds his kingdomina grip of unspeakable horror. Ehomba's lore, determination, andwondrousweapons are no match for Hymneth's unstoppable evil. Indeed, EtjoleEhomba already knows the prophecy: "His quest is doomed to failure, and if he faces Hymneth, Ehomba will die..."

Unless somehow, the simple herdsman can ask the questions that cananswer Death itself.

"Endlessly inventive multiple-bestseller Alan Dean Fosterpresents the grand conclusion to "The Journeys of the Catechist --"the amazing, acclaimed epic of an impossible quest in a world ofrelentless