Sword and bow shall unite to challenge Umbar's Black Corsairs. Thorongil has been given but a scant number of vessels by the Steward of Gondor. His task? To crush the pirates' threat to the realm. He finds himself in the company of his elven friend Arvellon, a warrior of great renown. But neither one had counted on the stubbornness of a third, a youth who will not be left behind within the safety of Imladris' borders. Determined to overcome the stain of his ancestry, Eriston will risk his very life to become a Warrior of the White Tree.