Other editions of book THE SORCERER'S LAST WORDS

In the aftermath of the notorious event of the enchanted broom, theSorcerer’s Apprentice learns his lesson indeed: “Seek Truth, not Power,” isthe Sorcerer’s dictum. Peace returns to the castle’s long days, but as obedientHumboldt grows older, a madness grows in his master. The sorcerer hasdiscovered strange secrets in the depths of the library. Humboldt’s dreams,too, are haunted by the broom, and the gods of wood, water and strawwhisper through the halls at night. One fateful day, they have a visitor: a king has come to demand the alchemical services of the Sorcerer. When the king is denied he responds without mercy,and the Sorcerer’s gentle philosophy perishes with him in the flames. Humboldt finds himself cast into the world alone, with nothing but his master’s book of spells, and a newly unshackled desire for forbidden power. An unleashed Humboldt is a terrible thing to behold. He learns the secretsof the book and uses it to avenge his master’s murder, and he does not stopthere: he usurps the throne itself. But he cannot escape the broom, whichclatters in the night as Humboldt grows more and more tyrannical. Thekingdom is aflame with bonfires of house-cleaning implements, and thedays grow darker, until the Broom is finally victorious, flooding the imperialcastle and sweeping Humboldt into the depths of the sea for his finalencounter with the Nether God. But is the Sorcerer really as dead as heappears?