For Ehomba and his companions -- the brash swordsman Simna ibn Sind, the deadly cat Ahlitah, and the huge, shaggy man-beast Hunkapa Aub -- must cross yet another continent in their search for the beautiful, kidnapped Visioness Themaryl. The perils ahead will be greater than any they have yet faced: armies of murderous skeletons, prairies burrowed by invisible beasts, deserts where Hell's most hideous demons prospect for souls, and mountains infested with berserk giants.

And at the farthest end of the world waits Themaryl's captor, Hymneth the Possessed: the insane, sadistic necromancer who holds his kingdom in a grip of unspeakable horror. Ehomba's lore, determination, and wondrous weapons are no match for Hymneth's unstoppable evil. Indeed, Etjole Ehomba 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 can answer Death itself.

Endlessly inventive multiple-bestseller Alan Dean Foster presents the grand conclusion to The Journeys of the Catechist -- the amazing, acclaimed epic of an impossible quest in a world of relentless wonder... and of a unique hero whose simple wisdom and unceasing questions are weapons as mighty as any wizard's spell.

"Odd and engaging... a wondrous journey."
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