Tanis, The Shadow Years
by Barbara & Scott Siegel
Book Six of The Prelude Series
1) Darkness and Light
2) Kendermore
3) Brothers Majere
4) Riverwind the Plainsman
5) Flint, The King
6) Tanis, the Shadow Years
Tales tell that Tanis Half-Elven, famed Hero of the Lance, once disappeared in the mountains near Solace. He returned changed, ennobled, and bearing a terrible secret. No one knew what happened on that adventure… until now.
It begins with a dying wizard, in desperate need. Tanis vows to help, but to do so he must undertake a dangerous mission, brave hidden magics, and confront the most terrible secret of all: his own past.