Barclay and his friends find new dangers and fresh adventure when they
encounter mysterious sandstorms in the Desert in this thrilling third
book of the New York Times bestselling Wilderlore series.
After saving the Sea, Barclay and his fellow apprentices are eager to
take part in a new kind of adventure--the Symposium, a set of courses
that all apprentices of the Lore Keeper Guild need to pass before they
can take their licensing exam. Barclay is excited to travel to the
Desert to study at the University of Al Faradh, the most respected
school in all the Wilderlands, and to reunite with the new friends he
made at the Sea.
He's slightly less excited about the Tourney, the traditional,
good-natured prank war between the various apprentice tracks. As an
Elsie, he's pretty sure he'll have enough on his hands keeping up with
the Symposium without having to worry about stink bombs and slime
warfare.
But as mysterious, unnatural sandstorms start to appear around the
Desert, there are more than just exams and bragging rights at stake. And
the appearance of an exclusive, magical library might just be the key to
everything...