The Hound of Rowan

Summary The Hound of Rowan is the first book of the Tapestry series. It begins when our young protagonist, Max McDaniels, visits a museum with his father. He then sees a beautiful but mysterious Celtic tapestry.

This queer vision of Max leads him to be invited to a secret school, Rowan. However, he has to choose between studying at a school where he can hone his mysterious magical abilities with others like him or stay with his father. He chooses the first.

At Rowan, he makes many friends but enemies as well. He is assigned to room together with David Menlo in a majestic observatory. He also befriends Connor Lynch, Lucia Cavallo, Cynthia Gilley, Sarah Amankwe and is assinged to take care of his charge, a lymrill named Nick.

Max lives a student's authentic life, getting into countless fights with Alex Munoz, studying for tests and struggling with Mathematics and having romances with Julie Teller. His father is also invited to liven in Rowan due to his former boss's relation with the Enemy. However, great dangers occur.

Countless paintings from various museums are disappearing. Potentials are disappearing as well. All the evidence leads to one thing: Astaroth is returning.

Ingenious David Menlo does his research on how to stop Astaroth from returning. At the same time, however, Alex's and Max's hatred for each other increases swiftly. When David discovers that Astaroth is immobilized in a painting, Max and Alex are soon kidnapped by two vyes.

When Max wakes, he finds himself in Marley Augur's Crypt together with Alex, many vyes and the missing Potentials. Corresponding with David's inference, Astraroth is immobilized in a painting, and Marley Augur uses Max's blood to free Astaroth. Max frees the Potentials with the help of Peter Varga, also known as Ronin. Unfortunately, Alex remains in the destroyed crypt and Ronin injures his leg severly.

As the school year comes to a close, Gabrielle Ritcher awards the honorable students. Max receives the Gaunlet of Beowulf for showcasing great courage.

Max may have ended the school year happily, but something great inside of him is brewing. A great power, slowly separating his mortal and immortal selves.

The power of the hound.

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