A descendant of the great wizard Merlyn must atone for the harm he caused in this second adventure in the A Quest of Great Importance middle grade series that riffs on Arthurian legend in the vein of Adam Gidwitz and Amanda Foody The wizard Percy used to be sure of three he s a magical prodigy he s destined to do extraordinary things as prophesied by his ancestor the wizard Merlyn and he would do anything for his twin Merlynda But that was before Merlynda was revealed to be the subject of the prophecy and before Percy became the Hollower stealing magic for the wicked Morgan le Fey Six months have passed since Percy and Merlynda defeated the sorceress but Percy hasn t been able to reconcile who he is with what he s done And he carries a dark despite her banishment Morgan le Fey can still speak to him When the mysterious Round Table discovers newly Hollowed objects Percy is blamed He escapes on a quest to clear his name but also to make sure whoever is responsible never Hollows anyone again Joined by Merlynda and Neci now a royally dubbed knight an anxious warlock who seeks to break a curse and a nonmagical sugar glider who longs to be a familiar Percy must defeat this new foe not only to face his past but to decide what kind of wizard he ll be in the future The Search for the Shadowsoul A Quest of Great Importance site_link post a comment