The Lake of Scales

The winter is close at hand, and Angus is looking forward to a few long months of study in Hellsbreath's Wizard School with Embril. Unfortunately, Commander Garret has other plans for the banner. The fishmen are missing, and the king wants to know where they went. One possibility is The Lake of Scales, a large body of water in a fiercely independent region south of the kingdom. The Guard can't go there without provoking war, but a banner can. Their mission is simple: Find out if the fishmen are there. But it's caravan season, and bandits are out in force. The villagers do not welcome visitors. Winter storms are close at hand. The bears are hungry. And Angus is desperate to recover the past he can't recall. As the banner pursues the fishmen, Fanzool reluctantly sets out on the trail of the gold coins, and Taro doggedly follows the course laid out by his visions.NOTE: If The Lake of Scales had been part of the first edition of the series, the events would take place after The Tiger's Eye and would replace part of the first section of The Viper's Fangs.